Re: How to model searchable properties of an entity

From: Bernard Peek <bap_at_shrdlu.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 19:38:24 GMT
Message-ID: <fdIyCNI0EPJBFwEg_at_shrdlu.com>


In message <c0e3f26e.0408190338.288380cc_at_posting.google.com>, Tony <andrewst_at_onetel.net.uk> writes

>Yes, we have. Mind you, the OP is talking about allowing users to
>define new product types with new attributes over time, and I don't
>imagine an OO designer wants the users defining new classes "on the
>fly" any more than we want the users defining new tables.

That's dynamic reclassification. I've mentioned here before that I'm looking for an OO database that supports dynamic reclassification and multiple inheritance.

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Bernard Peek
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Received on Thu Aug 19 2004 - 21:38:24 CEST

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