Sure, you could use an integer instead of a "reference" and there would be no circular reference (since the DAL doesn't "know" the integer refers to another table). But you would also lose the power of having a foreign key defined on the table.
It may be the best compromise in this case. Massimo and I exchanged some messages on the topic and we decided to just let people know "don't use circular references and lazy_tables" for now. -- Joe On Thursday, December 6, 2012 4:56:25 PM UTC-8, Bill Thayer wrote: > > Would using an integer field or a list:reference help out? --
