Re: Is this bad design ?

"ben brugman" <ben_at_niethier.nl> wrote in message news:c2qipe$1uu$1_at_reader10.wxs.nl...
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> "Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote in message
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> > "ben brugman" <ben_at_niethier.nl> wrote in message
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> > > > > But then the application has to be changed.
> > > >
> > > > No, it doesn't. A simple view serves the application well.
> > >
> > > If a view is used (I assume a union over both tables),
> > > how does the application change the data from
> > > valid to non-valid and vice versa ?
> >
> > By updating an attribute in the view or in the base table depending on
> which
> > relvars one decides to make views and which base tables.
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> I can not manage to change the 'valid' attribute by
> changing it in the view. Making the mother valid
> was done by creating an extra row in the solution by
> Fabian.

I really don't give a shit what Fabian wrote. Read what I wrote. Received on Fri Mar 12 2004 - 00:40:29 CET