Re: Object Table

Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote in message news:<3F4D0BBA.54B7D408_at_exxesolutions.com>...

> In truth you and no one else has ever been asked for the number of addresses in
> a system. How many customers? Perhaps. But not addresses.

???

I've been asked how many addresses, because more advanced systems have to deal with things like "this customer had many shipping addresses and one billing address, but then they bought all these other companies, so how many billing addresses and shipping addresses do they have now?"

Not to mention customers moving and historical data ("you sent the bill where?") and conglomerates with multiple companies moving customers around.

>
> The advantage of an object is that you can make a subclass from it. If you
> don't use objects as they were designed to be used ... then you might as well
> use a boat anchor.

Customer laughed when he asked if an old HP could be used for IAS and I recommended shipping it to Larry for anchorage use on the yacht. :-)

jg

--
@home.com is bogus.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/currents/news_1c28bushstar.html