Thanks Jeff, > Come on, Frans. You know, at your level of experience, that > the physical model of a database is often very different from > the logical one. He's saying that it's sometimes the case > that someone builds a database first and the application > after, and that the data structures often then mirror the > table structure. He's right! I've seen this very thing in > practice. Think of a structure with lots of mapping tables, > and a special object created for every one of those links, > because some developer thought it was a good idea to create > class AToBMap to mirror table a_b_map. Yet a mapping table > is usually the simplest and best way, and often the only way, > to represent a many-to-many relationship in many RDBMSes.
Exactly my point, but formulated a lot clearer. Regards, Stefan =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorŪ http://www.develop.com Some .NET courses you may be interested in: NEW! Guerrilla ASP.NET, 26 Jan 2004, in Los Angeles http://www.develop.com/courses/gaspdotnetls View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
