Re: HELP: MySQL Dynamic Structure

2002-05-31 Thread Yegor Bryukhov
> MySQL alone cannot represent a complex data-structure. > not true at all, it's just not object oriented but don't you know that there is still no good (consistent and "complete") theoretical model for OO-DBMS. Relational Model _has_ good underlying theory and I think this is the main

Re: HELP: MySQL Dynamic Structure

2002-05-31 Thread Brent Baisley
Most of what you desire has already been done in products called FileMaker (Apple Computer) and Access (Microsoft). It's been a while since I used Access, but FileMaker will automatically change all references to a field/column if you change the field name. It will warn you of broken references if

RE: HELP: MySQL Dynamic Structure (long)

2002-05-31 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip a lot...] MySQL alone cannot represent a complex data-structure. [/snip] Incorrect, and if it IS the case (from your POV) then no RDBMS can represent a complex data structure. [snip] Re-modeling of MySQL data is required in Perl, PHP, Java, etc. In each language - I have had to re-model th

Re: HELP: MySQL Dynamic Structure

2002-05-31 Thread Michael Bacarella
On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 10:01:34AM -0500, Ryan Hatch wrote: > - > THE PROBLEM: > - > MySQL alone cannot represent a complex data-structure. > > Re-modeling of MySQL data is required in

HELP: MySQL Dynamic Structure

2002-05-31 Thread Ryan Hatch
Hello all... please read I've struggled with this for YEARS - THE PROBLEM: - MySQL alone cannot represent a complex data-structure. Re-modeling of MySQL data is required in Perl, PH