From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Faustus von
Goethe
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 10:51 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Open_Gaming] Faust's database or the equivulant
<< Good point about the chain of inheritance. This has the potential for
becoming a major administrative headache. >>
The simplest alternative to the administrative headache is the space
headache: include the complete relevant license in each database entry, so
there's little or no chain to maintain (though a traversal mechanism would
still be a pain). It's the classic time-space-maintainability trade-off.
Of course, database programming is not my specialty, so I may under- or
overestimate these factors. (Now user interfaces, UML designs, XML, COM, you
can gimme a call. But my database skills ain't worthy of my hourly rate. I
give that work to my boss.)
Martin L. Shoemaker
Emerald Software, Inc. -- Custom Software and UML Training
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www.EmeraldSoftwareInc.com
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