Re: Database design

From: Roy Hann <specially_at_processed.almost.meat>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:19:10 -0000
Message-ID: <J_udnWnHCKTbTWTeRVnytQ@pipex.net>

"Mark Johnson" <102334.12_at_compuserve.com> wrote in message news:acrfv1l86m3aqgfc2a3gj1btrbm1ja8r6p_at_4ax.com...
> "friend.05" <hirenshah.05_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I want to desgin a database for Tag Structure. Database design that can
> >store heirarchy of tags developed my users. Present most popular tags.
>
> You are asking if a relational database, with its flat
> tables/relations and link keys can be used to store nested markup -
> such as XHTML.

I struggle to see how something that is n-dimensional could be called "flat". Roy Received on Mon Feb 20 2006 - 08:19:10 CST