Re: DB design issue

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:03:23 GMT
Message-ID: <LPm7h.21324$cz.324775@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>

LC wrote:

> Bob Badour ha scritto:
>

>>Hell no! I suggest you ignore Neo. He's one of the resident cranks on
>>the newsgroup.
>>
>>The idea you propose is one most neophytes consider. Basically, you are
>>just re-inventing the system catalog while giving up all the integrity
>>function of the dbms.

> 
> I understand, so could you suggest me a better appropriate line of
> design?

Based on such an obviously incomplete requirements specification? No, that would require malpractice.

Anyone who gives detailed design recommendations on such scant information is a self-aggrandizing ignorant.

You are struggling with complex types and with SQL's abject failure to provide any support for them whatsoever. Any design you come up with for SQL will be a hack or a kludge. Received on Fri Nov 17 2006 - 12:03:23 CST