Re: Newbie DBase architecture questions

From: James <jraustin1_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 1 Jun 2002 16:46:37 -0700
Message-ID: <a6e74506.0206011546.33f588ff@posting.google.com>

> > > Hierarchy wouldn't cut it.
> > >
> > Why wouldn't heirarchy cut it?
> >
> Products in a store are often belong to more than one category
> -- it means that the node can have more than one parent.

I still don't understand, below is a tree where the same product is in 3 different departments.

MyStoreFldr
  Houseware1
    Lighting1
      LavaLamp1
  Hardware1
    DeptX1

      DeptX2
        Lighting2
          LavaLamp1

  Entertainment1
    DeptX1

      DeptX2
        DeptX3
          Lighting3
            LavaLamp1

Received on Sat Jun 01 2002 - 18:46:37 CDT