On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/31/10 4:18 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Dan Covill<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Aw, gee, fellers!!<g> >>> I really do appreciate the notice and good wishes. >>> >>> Retirement seems to be taken up with a lot of time in doctors' offices. >>> I still have one client, for whom I do occasional maintenance. >>> >>> I have a Family Tree program I wrote for FP 2.6 and partially converted >>> to VFP a couple years ago that I'm trying to finish up; that's why I'm >>> back on ProFox. Turns out that navigating a family tree involves lots >>> of "which record am I on now" problems. >> ------------------ >> >> Sounds like a reason to use XML >> >> <PersonOfInterest> >> <Parents/> >> <Siblings/> >> <Children/> >> </PersonOfInterest> >> >> The code to populate that schema will work for any starting point or >> person right? Each collection type is the same schema of Person > > I think it is hilarious that you suggest XML, when the problem is about > design that > could be implemented in any data store. As you iterate siblings, children, and > parents, methinks you are going to want something a tad bit higher-performing > than an > xml parser... -----------------------------------
Not in storage of data but in presentation. The same object schema operates across ANYONE in the database. I could have a collection of Parents(1,2,3,4) I could/would be part of a sibling collection. When I put my mom as PersonOfIterest the siblings present Aunts/Uncles to me. Every change to PersonOfInterest requires a requery for data of course. Do you see a better method for presentation of this complicated data? Storage of the data is just a BOM design correct? -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer CIMSgts 901.246-0159 cell _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
