Thanks for the pointers, Mike!

Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 9:44 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: CF-based Family Tree app

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






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