Re: baseball league db design
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 22:24:56 -0000
Message-ID: <1018gho17ulkp58_at_corp.supernews.com>
nelson_at_nelsonricardo.com (Nelson Ricardo) wrote:
>"Dataman" <dataman_at_ev1.net> wrote in message news:
>> Most little league databases don't care about team, position, and number.
>> From a management perspective, these attributes are irrelevant to running
>> the league. You do have different types of Participants however. And
these
>> participants have different attributes based on their Role. In these
cases,
>> a super/sub type data structure is applicable.
>
>What makes you say this? How many leagues have you been involved
>with?
I've been associated with little league athletics for the past four years.
Both as a coach and a parent. Never once in any of the leagues was team
position, jersey number, or any other player data managed. Running a league
and tracking player performance data are two entirely different subject areas.
> If it's fewer that 50% of those in existence, do you have
>studies or other evidence which support what yopu said about "[m]ost"?
You're joking right?
> Perhaps this league has made a conscious decision to include that
>data in its database.
This is entirely possible.
> To me, it makes sense to include this data.
Sensible and required are two different things. My point is you don't need player data to run a league. Received on Sun Jan 25 2004 - 23:24:56 CET