Re: Generalised approach to storing address details

Marshall wrote:

> On Dec 14, 7:26 am, "Neo" <neo55..._at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>

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>>>Trees do have their uses. They can be a good fit for when nodes have
>>>no particular relationship with each other...
>>
>>So a hierarchal interface would not be a good fit for BOMs since parts
>>has a particular relationship with each other? Do you prefer the list
>>or table interface for BOMs? Could you show how you would like a car
>>BOM to be displayed?

I have programmed BOM applications, and at the time I used a proprietary network model dbms. That experience largely influenced my opinion of the network model.

BOM's are not hierarchies, BTW. The general BOM is a DAG. Received on Thu Dec 14 2006 - 18:41:27 CET