On 11/7/06, Bryan Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > why not just one table with the hands ordered appropriately? > > ...because I'm a bit of a data purist ;-) > > The order of records in a table "implying" a hierarchy is a no no in most > books. > IN my books it should be VERY explicit (thus my example)....no room for > confusion. > > Just think if someone accidentally deleted 2 pair and then it had to be added > as > the last record...thus "implying" 2 pair beats everything...bad bad bad ;-)
fair enough...i wasn't as explicit as i should have been. i didn't mean to imply that the order in the table was "gospel" (altho i do recognize that that is how it read). i was thinking more of a "hand" column with a "value" column. -- Charlie Griefer ================================================ "...All the world shall be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with a swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:259507 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
