Re: [PHP-DB] Rules in a database

2004-02-07 Thread Ignatius Reilly
additional conditions were true:... > - result 1 ...the following extra conditions are requiredetc. > > Do you think this is feasible? > > Regards, > > John > > > > > > - Original Message - > From: "Ignatius Reilly" <[EMAIL PROTECT

RE: [PHP-DB] Rules in a database

2004-02-06 Thread Paul Miller
I guess I did not pay attention that day in class, but that is cool. - Paul -Original Message- From: Ignatius Reilly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 9:14 AM To: DB list PHP; John Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Rules in a database A bit of algebra first: any

Re: [PHP-DB] Rules in a database

2004-02-06 Thread Ignatius Reilly
become illegible. So perhaps a hierarchical data model (XML) would be more appropriate, for your rules would remain human-legible (and thererfore human-maintainable) HTH Ignatius _ - Original Message ----- From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <

[PHP-DB] Rules in a database

2004-02-06 Thread John
I work in tax and thus have to read legislation - some complex - and I wanted to store some of the logic in a database so that if I know certain conditions were true I could look up what results this might have. Thus I am thinking of having two tables - one of phrases and the other of how these ph