Re: Question about modeling

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:57:05 GMT, "David Cressey" <david.cressey_at_earthlink.net> wrote:

>
>Mathieu,
>
>Let me see if I can express your requirements in the simplest terms.
>
>A client can have contracts.
>A client can have departments.
>A contract can be divided into portions.
>A department can have a portion of a contract.
>Two departments can have different portions of the same contract if and only
>if the two departments belong to the same client.
>
>Is this an accurate summary what you are trying to model?

     Who knows? I am not even clear on whose the departments are. Do they belong to the client or the entity which has the clients?

     What is the significance of "client"?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko Received on Thu Jan 27 2005 - 23:15:16 CET