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Old 01-22-10, 14:12
tildewoody tildewoody is offline
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Originally Posted by futurity View Post
What you're attempting to model here is something known as a supertype/subtype relationship.
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Originally Posted by blindman View Post
...which is the type of 1-1 relationship I specifically try to avoid.
Well, I can see I'm a ways off, and that there are different schools of thought. I'm chuckling to myself how diametrically opposed those two statements are if read on their own. (ie. If I'm attempting to drive a car to the store, I wouldn't avoid actually driving the car.)

Off to study...
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