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Re: Are circular relationships a bad thing in ER-modeling?

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_at_ncs.es>
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 11:23:49 GMT
Message-ID: <409779a7.2832202@news-read3.maxwell.syr.edu> 





On Mon, 3 May 2004 18:22:26 +0300, "x" <x-false_at_yahoo.com> wrote:



>> ER-modeling is inherently bad.

>>

>

>Why ?




Because its expresive power is extremely limited and it forces us to
make arbitrary distinctions between entities and relationships.



Regards


  Alfredo
Received on Tue May 04 2004 - 06:23:49 CDT












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