Re: DB design for storing family tree information

>> I am trying to design a small DB to store my family tree ... Celko
gave an interesting alternative using "SET". Now family tree information is not exactly a single tree hierarchy, but more a DAG .. <<

Don't use my nested set model for this -- it will not work worth a darn. That trick is good for Bill of Materials and Organizational charts.

My advice is don't write any code at all. Go to the Mormons can get the package that they sell. It is insanely cheap, and connects you to their database. They believe that they can baptize ancestors, so they have compiled the largest geneology database on Earth and made it public.

Hey, solve the problem, not the SQL!

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Before you buy. Received on Wed Jan 19 2000 - 00:00:00 CET