"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:<yL-dnWnPUNPANbncRVn-hA_at_comcast.com>...
> The problem I have with "notes" is that "notes" are not data. Invariably,
> someone down the road asks, "why can't you just search the notes field?"
> If you make the mistake of trying to explain the difference between parsing
> natural language and scanning structured data, you are apt to be dismissed
> as a geek that doesn't understand people very well.
Agreed. And much as it pains me to say it, maybe XML could have a
part to play here? But that's another slippery slope similar to
EAV...
Received on Fri Aug 20 2004 - 04:34:25 CDT
