Re: How to model searchable properties of an entity
From: Tony <andrewst_at_onetel.net.uk>
Date: 20 Aug 2004 02:34:25 -0700
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Date: 20 Aug 2004 02:34:25 -0700
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"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 - 11:34:25 CEST