Re: One-To-One Relationships

"Cimode" <cimode_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:cf6d9f49-1d6a-401a-8cba-4c30ee839d84_at_j44g2000hsj.googlegroups.com...
> On 30 nov, 21:44, paul c <toledobythe..._at_ooyah.ac> wrote:
> > David Cressey wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > But it you are expressing the same concept using tables, you now have
to
> > > put a third table in between the students table and the courses table.
> > > Then, most of the time, you have to explain why a third table is
necessary.
> > > ...
> >
> > Doesn't matter whether a design is good or bad, explaining it is often
> > harder than making it. Sometimes this is because too many tools (you
> > can call them concepts if you like) get in the way and you spend all
> > your time explaining them or their presentation instead of the original
> > rationale.
>
> Well put...
>
> Complex, visually invading and overcrowded design GUI's facilitate the
> subjective projection of anthropomorphic bias onto the world of binary
> logic. I believe that the best tool for not getting distracted when
> designing and sticking to logical objective design is indeed Notepad
> like...
>

ER is not a design tool. It's an analysis tool.

> Regards...
Received on Sun Dec 02 2007 - 16:04:35 CET