Re: Newbie DBase architecture questions

jraustin1_at_hotmail.com (James) wrote in message news:<a6e74506.0206011546.33f588ff_at_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

Now you change the cost for
MyStoreFldr->Houseware1->Lighting1->LavaLamp1. What happens with the others?

What if the whole Lighting section is in 2 different departments? Received on Sun Jun 02 2002 - 20:38:01 CEST