Re: Generalised approach to storing address details

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:41:27 GMT
Message-ID: <b1ggh.32902$cz.488389@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>

Marshall wrote:

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

[snip]

>>>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've never had to program a BOM application, and I've read about them
> only a little. I'm not qualified to have an opinion on BOM
> specifically.

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 - 11:41:27 CST