Re: Are circular relationships a bad thing in ER-modeling?

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_at_ncs.es>
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 11:23:49 GMT
Message-ID: <409779a7.2832202_at_news-read3.maxwell.syr.edu>

On Mon, 3 May 2004 18:22:26 +0300, "x" <x-false_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

>> ER-modeling is inherently bad.
>>
>
>Why ?

Because its expresive power is extremely limited and it forces us to make arbitrary distinctions between entities and relationships.

Regards
Alfredo Received on Tue May 04 2004 - 13:23:49 CEST

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