Path: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!prodigy.com!pd7cy2so!pd7cy1no!shaw.ca!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Joe \"Nuke Me Xemu\" Foster" Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory Subject: Re: Data Models? Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:21:59 -0800 Organization: North American Marcab-Teegeeack Love Association Message-ID: <1071260542.957107@news-1.nethere.net> Reply-To: "Joe \"Nuke Me Xemu\" Foster" References: <5384e5a0.0312121202.4429ffb2@posting.google.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4922.1500 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4925.2800 Cache-Post-Path: news-1.nethere.net!unknown@66.52.162.225 X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.1 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 16 Xref: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com comp.databases.theory:22950 "Ken Haubrock" wrote in message ... > I need as many bullet points on the worth and usefulness of data > models as I can get. What is the ROI on creating data models? why have > them? what good do they do me? what am I missing if I don't have them? > Any and all good reasons for creating data models. Not bothering with using one is tantamount to fiduciary malfeasance? Anyway, there is only one well-defined model, the relational model. -- Joe Foster Sacrament R2-45 WARNING: I cannot be held responsible for the above They're coming to because my cats have apparently learned to type. take me away, ha ha!