Re: Nested structures

paul c wrote:
[snip]
> Actually, I've been a little distressed lately when thoughtful types
> like JOG and David C talk about flatness or star models. Maybe I'm just
> not catching some in-joke or other.

Yes, it is an in joke. My post was laden with irony - exasperation after relentless arguments with MV types that describing the RM as flat was nonsense. MV, or attribute nesting, necessarily produce a network or hierarchical structure, and that results in navigational issues and ultimately query bias. (I hope that eases your distress.) Received on Thu Sep 21 2006 - 12:39:21 CEST