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Re: [droolers] Rete

bob mcwhirter
Mon, 27 May 2002 07:16:58 -0700


Actually, AssignmentNodes are never JoinNodes.  But, things that
look like assignment statements may result in either an AssignmentNode
or a JoinNode.

Just to clarify.

        -bob

On Mon, 27 May 2002, bob mcwhirter wrote:

> 
> AssignmentNodes are *sometimes* the column-generator nodes.
> 
>       name = person.getName()
> 
> That takes a table with only a 'person' column, and it generates a
> matching 'name' column, populated with the name of the person.
> 
> AssignmentNodes are *sometimes* the join-nodes.
> 
>       name = otherName
> 
> Here, the 'name' column from the person/name table is joined to the
> 'otherName' column of some other table.


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