One Pointer Field Fits All

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 5/31/05 3:35 PM, "Sims, John" <ayu8 at cdc.gov> wrote:

> Hi Ruslan and Chuck.
> 
> Ruslan, could Chuck also just create Binary Links between each of his
> tables and the Notes table?  So, if he has tables...
> 
> Table1
> Table2
> Table3
> Tablen...
> Notes
> 
> He could create the links between...
> 
> Table1<-->Notes
> Table2<-->Notes
> Table3<-->Notes
> Tablen...<-->Notes
> 
> So, he wouldn't have to create additional fields in his tables to link
> to Notes.  Is there a downside to this that I am not thinking about?

Yes he can, but as I understand this is not what Chuck want.

Frankly saying I have not understand good how FileMaker handle this.
In any case FM is not oriented on big dbs. So they can allow self not
effective design.


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Ruslan Zasukhin
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Paradigma Software, Inc

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