Re: The Paradox of Choice

Marshall wrote:

> Might we come up
> with some approach that lets us encode patterns like master/detail
> or many-to-many so that they may be used directly? The idea being
> to have a facade over the unrestricted RM that provides the appearance
> of there being only one way to do things, to avoid scaring people
> with too many choices. I am thinking of some kind of macro system.

Huh, I thought that's what I was doing when I cooked up Andromeda, though my motivation was to save labor, not coddle anybody.

In training staff and users, I knew ahead of time that we were not trying to smooth over the realities of database design, but I was struck with how important it was to hammer home the requirement that the db design be the foundation.

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Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
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