"ben brugman" <ben_at_niethier.nl> wrote in message
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> Just read what you wrote.
Ben, could you provide an actual or appropriately analogous
physical organisational environment within which you "mothercentric"
application might exist? eg: a registrar of births?
Many applications use for example a 'person' table, which
can be mother, but also child, father, teacher, etc. This one
establishes unique identities. A second table 'mother' might
hold the tuples 'person1' and 'person2'; 'person 1' and 'person 3'
where 1 is mum and 2 and 3 are children.
Other tables, eg 'father', 'teacher' might be similarly structured.
However you sound like you are seeking a solution within an
existent and specific data (schema) environment. If so, can
you give some background to it.
--
Pete Brown
Winluck P/L
IT Managers & Engineers
Falls Creek
Australia
www.mountainman.com.au/software
Received on Fri Mar 12 2004 - 15:08:47 CET
