Hi David,
In your database on the countries of the world think you were able to
mostly avoid using numeric keys however in this case, they will save you a
world of headaches.
My suggestion to you: Create one table per taxonomic level, starting at
Kingdom and working all of the way down to spe
David-
generate a composite index on a unique combination such as genus/species
Regards
Martin
- Original Message -
From: "David Blomstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 1:03 PM
Subject: Animals Database Questions
I'm working on a big animals database and have a
question that's a little hard to explain, though I
suspect it will make sense to the pros.
First, a little background. I'm tentatively setting up
a parent-child relationship and putting all the basic
mammal data in a separate table. Below are some s
