Re: Looking for suggestions/help on a multi-file data model

2011-02-12 Thread Quincey Morris
On Feb 11, 2011, at 18:08, Andy Akins wrote: Imagine a purchasing application. First, you have to open a catalog - a file that lists the items that are available. There might be multiple files, representing multiple stores or sets of items, but you have to pick just one. Then, you have

Re: Looking for suggestions/help on a multi-file data model

2011-02-12 Thread Andy Akins
Thank you very much for your comments. On Feb 12, 2011, at 3:34 AM, Quincey Morris wrote: So you still at the stage where you need to think about design not implementation -- don't make the mistake of designing for a pre-chosen implementation strategy. First, start by designing your user

Looking for suggestions/help on a multi-file data model

2011-02-11 Thread Andy Akins
I'm working on an application that has multiple files as part of its data model, and I'm not sure on the approach I should take. An example of what I mean: Imagine a purchasing application. First, you have to open a catalog - a file that lists the items that are available. There might be