You could use the size of the record to determine which record type you're working with. If your record types are not static in size (or happen to be the same size), add a field to the beginning of the record that denotes the record type so you will know which format to unpack the record as.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Arhelger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 6:07 PM Subject: Application database design question > I am designing an application that contains 2 different type of records. One > type of record would contain person type information like name, age, > birthdate.... Then for each person I will have database records that record > information about some activity. Let's say this information is date, weight, > exercise information, ... The question is how do I handle the 2 types of > data records in my database? Do I put both type of records in the same > database or is it better to use 2 databases? One for the person information > and one for the records associated with that person? I am new to Palm > programming and haven't run across any examples yet that show this type of > data structure. > > -- > Andy Arhelger > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
