I dont know of anything specific for this app, but it would seem that storing the information about any individual on the tree would be a simple case of creating a record with the right fields in it, just like bazillions of other database apps we do.
The tricky bit would be establishing all the relationships between the individuals, and the heirarchy - who begat whom, who had midnight trysts with whomelse, etc. For a starting point on this, I think you want to get familiar with the Barney Boisvert's TreeManager.cfc for managing relationships. ( http://www.barneyb.com/blog/archives/cat_cfml.jsp ) I used it in my CMS and it's marvellous - allows me to cut whole sections of a web site and move it around, change the parent/child relationships in chunks of web site. I think the theory underlying this cfc will be the basis for whatever solution you end up with, so you might as well start there, with a ready-made coldfusion app that runs fast and is easy to manage. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 9/27/06, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Joe... > > I haven't created the app you're considering, but am very interested > in the topic, so I'm waiting to hear what others have created. > > I'm particularly interested in how the database tables would be structured > and related...that would seem to be the key point in a "relational" app... > (pun intended ;o) > > Too bad we don't have a good blog of someone's personal journey down > the creation path for an app like this. > > > > Rick > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:254366 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
