Re: Rule based RDBMS design
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 21:36:20 GMT
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"Kresimir Fabijanic" <kresimir_at_ozemail.com.au> wrote in message news:4l087tg4rn0o21cmc026vfat8t57so929v_at_4ax.com...
> I would like to ask you if you have encounter a web site, book or any
> other resource that explains rule modeling and data driven
> applications in the relational databases.
There are basically two approaches:
- Discover and implement the rules manually (e.g. via your own rule engine, your own objects, your own meta data, et al.)
- Discover and implement the rules via a third party rule engine.
There are many resources out there on business rules and rule engines. I have a bunch of them catalogued at http://www.inconcept.com/JCM/links.asp ("Business Rules" link).
While several have commented that the tricky part is in the implementation, I am of the opinion that the really hard part is discovering the (correct) rules in the first place (and dealing with contradictory rules).
I generally recommend figuring out what the rules are, and then worry about how you are going to implement them.
HTH,
Scot.
Scot A. Becker
Partner, InConcept, Inc.
Editor, The Journal of Conceptual Modeling
http://www.inconcept.com/JCM Received on Mon Jan 29 2001 - 22:36:20 CET