Re: Seeking references about how to model events in an E-R diagram

On Sun, 26 Aug 2001 23:02:03 -0400, "Ed Fair Jr." <efair_at_atl.mediaone.net> wrote:

>I have used E-R models in the past for database designs, mainly entities and
>their relationships (duh). I have never used E-R models for events though,
>and I'm looking for how-to information and guidance for a new project. I
>have two Entities/Object classes I'm keeping up with "over time", the
>objects are changing over their lifetime and I need to capture certain
>changes in my database. Can you suggest a good book or paper that might
>shed some light on this?

I found the book _Developing Time-Oriented Database Applications in SQL_ useful. ISBN 1-55860-436-7. But it deals with database design, not with ER modeling per se.

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Mike Sherrill
Information Management Systems