Thanks all. I made a nice variation on the tie up. Instead of making the nested fact an independent object, I added attributes that actually belong to the...
Tonner, Don
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Jul 1, 2000 3:43 pm
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hi all, i want to know how many-to-many relationships between two classes can be implemented(say in Java). the best example of such a relationship is the...
Sudheendra V
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Jul 5, 2000 5:43 pm
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Sudhi, You normally create a new class, which will contain as it's key, the keys (Unique Identifiers) from both of the classes that comprised the m-m ...
Edwards, Michael, CSCIO
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Jul 5, 2000 9:18 pm
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All, The Y2K patch for VisioModeler is (finally) released: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/visio/welcome_page/ FYI, Scot. ...
Scot A. Becker
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Jul 7, 2000 12:27 am
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I'm interested to know if anyone has formalized (also interested in ad-hoc) the transformation of an ORM to targets other than E-R models. I am especially...
Dennis Corbo
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Jul 10, 2000 11:15 pm
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Dennis, Yes some work for other models has been done. At one time there was a port to Jasmine (sp) the CA OODBMS. Others have created an XML script from ORM to...
PAtrick Hallock
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Jul 11, 2000 1:54 am
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I'm trying to use ORM to model a certain situation and I need advice. The situation is like a census; there are interviewers and people to be interviewed. A...
TD Fisher
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Jul 13, 2000 3:54 pm
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Hello, It doesn't sound to me that the fact below is elementary. I would assume a given interviewee (Person) is interviewed by at most one interviewer at a ...
Scot A. Becker
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Jul 13, 2000 6:12 pm
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Quatranaries, although rare do actually occur. You just want to be very careful that you don't have smaller fact hidden in there. When you say historical...
Lance Delano
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Jul 13, 2000 11:18 pm
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I think he's trying to model the responsibility for the interview -- not the interview itself. Hence my earlier question. The question of interest is whether...
Lance Delano
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Jul 13, 2000 11:21 pm
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If I may add, I think Scott is right on the money, I would express it as An Interviewer has one or more InterviewAssigmnents InterviewAssignement can have...
Gary Davidson
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Jul 13, 2000 11:29 pm
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TD Fisher wrote: Those of us from the 'old camp' would probably consider what it is that you are doing. It is an Interview. Facts: 1. Person gives Interview 2....
PAtrick Hallock
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Jul 14, 2000 2:02 am
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The way I read it, 'responsibility for an interview may change over time' implies that an assigned interviewer may not actually perform a given interview, but...
Dagna Gaythorpe
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Jul 14, 2000 2:33 pm
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Hi Dagna, You and Lance have valid comments, and they probably are right, but the fact remains (pun intended) that the first fact is, in my opinion, ...
Scot A. Becker
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Jul 14, 2000 3:03 pm
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The attached ERD fragment may help you think about the requirements. The data structure will support the possibility that different interviewers may execute...
Stone, Ken
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Jul 14, 2000 3:27 pm
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Thanks to all for your input. Given the range of interpretations, I obviously wasn't explicit enough in my first post. I'll attempt to clarify my situation -...
TD Fisher
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Jul 14, 2000 6:04 pm
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... From: Scot A. Becker <scotb@...> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 11:05 Subject: RE: [JCM] (unknown) ... the ... in a ... aspects. I've found that...
John Hanna
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Jul 14, 2000 6:32 pm
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All, Slightly off topic, but this book ("Developing Time-Oriented Database Applications in Sql") has been recommended to me as good reading on the temporal...
Scot A. Becker
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Jul 14, 2000 7:31 pm
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Hi Fuller info at http://www.mkp.com/books_catalog/catalog.asp?ISBN=1-55860-436-7 Also see Richard's homepage http://www.cs.arizona.edu/http/html/people/rts/ ...
John Douglas
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Jul 14, 2000 10:00 pm
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InConcept Announces a Six Object-Role Modeling Seminar Dates July 15, 2000: For Immediate Release – Due to increased demand, InConcept, Inc. is proud to...
Scot A. Becker
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Jul 15, 2000 8:28 pm
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I've found this to be a valuable reference, along with TimeCenter technical reports at http://www.cs.arizona.edu/http/html/people/rts/timecenter/timecenter.htm...
John Hanna
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Jul 16, 2000 9:24 pm
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Lots of good discussion on this thread regarding temporal modeling. I am too snowed under right now to contribute much, but I do hope to write at least one...
Terry Halpin
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Jul 18, 2000 1:04 am
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Seems like the title "Conceptual Schema and Relational Database Design" is out of print... argh. Mr. Celko alluded to me a while back that there may be a book...
Howard Lee
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Jul 19, 2000 8:16 pm
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Hi Howard, ... The second edition from Prentice Hall is out of print. However, there is a revised 1999 edition by WytLytPub. I happen to know the publisher...
Scot A. Becker
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Jul 19, 2000 8:23 pm
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Thanks for the book plugs, Scot. Just to confirm, the revised second edition is available by emailing WytLytPub@.... The third edition (much larger and...
Terry Halpin
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Jul 19, 2000 9:12 pm
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Ken suggested two tables to hold the knowledge about the interview. Table 1: Primary key - interviewer ; subject ; interviewer responsibility time stamp ...
Sharp
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Jul 20, 2000 7:36 pm
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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - July 22, 2000 -- Information Engineering Services Pty Ltd (IES) today released a special Issue No. 11 of "The Enterprise Newsletter" (TEN),...
Clive Finkelstein
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Jul 22, 2000 4:01 pm
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hi! i'm new in the group and i need some examples of ER model for supplier chains. exculse me by my english... i'm a brazilian guy. and if this isn't the...
Julio Viegas
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Aug 1, 2000 5:50 pm
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It may not be of any help, but I can offer what I have at hand -- two books that include case studies: Designing Quality Databases with IDEF1X Information...
Laforce, Lester
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Aug 1, 2000 7:15 pm
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thank you laforce, but i need some material more specific... i already work with ERwin and other software modelers i need a case study about supplier chains....