Re: SOT: XML storage of metadata in database fields

2006-06-29 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Thursday 29 June 2006 12:50, George Abraham wrote: > If each user was allowed to specify their metadata fields, wouldn't we land > up with a huge number of fields, most of which would be empty? Or am I > understanding you wrong? Ahh, I thought you were talking about customising it for a group o

RE: SOT: XML storage of metadata in database fields

2006-06-29 Thread Katz, Dov B \(IT\)
you'd join the tlbObjects with tblExtImages or tblExtMediaFiles etc... Which would be strongly typed and well designed... -Original Message- From: George Abraham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 7:51 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SOT: XML storage of metadata in dat

Re: SOT: XML storage of metadata in database fields

2006-06-29 Thread George Abraham
On 6/29/06, Tom Chiverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 29 June 2006 11:09, George Abraham wrote: > > We have an application that allows users to specify (at initial setup > time) > > Why not just add the users choice as columns ? Tom, If each user was allowed to specify their metada

Re: SOT: XML storage of metadata in database fields

2006-06-29 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Thursday 29 June 2006 11:09, George Abraham wrote: > We have an application that allows users to specify (at initial setup time) Why not just add the users choice as columns ? -- Tom Chiverton This email is sent for and on behalf of Halli

SOT: XML storage of metadata in database fields

2006-06-29 Thread George Abraham
All, I tried searching for information on this, but I am probably not searching for the right jargon. We have an application that allows users to specify (at initial setup time) to specify what kind of metadata they want to enter when they work with digital media within the application. For exampl