Re: [GENERAL] Rules to provide a virtual column

2008-05-07 Thread Albe Laurenz *EXTERN*
James B. Byrne wrote: > The situation is this. A dependent table relationship is episodic. In other > words, a product might be available for a period of time, then not available, > then available again. Or, a firm might be a client for a period, then not, > then again. Or a person might be an

[GENERAL] Rules to provide a virtual column

2008-05-06 Thread James B. Byrne
This might be a little off topic and it may show a degree of naivety on my part but I have a small problem with coding a Ruby on Rails application and it seems to me that the best answer may reside in the database itself. The situation is this. A dependent table relationship is episodic. In othe