GUID Factory

[David Merrill]

On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 09:43:48PM -0600, Christopher Browne wrote:
> 
> And the issue is _quite_ to the point, irrespective of anything
> having to do with MySQL.
> 
> The examination of DB schema has thus far concentrated on what the
> field types need to be; that is important enough, but only goes half
> way towards describing the data.  
> 
> The _next_ thing that needs to be done is to outline the relationships
> between table entries.

I've done a preliminary entity relationship diagram, or the ASCII
equivalent, anyway :-) in the design doc. I actually made a lot of
changes today.

> Assuming "standard" SQL, that might be outlined in the form of a number
> of foreign key relationships.  
> 
> Supposing the SQL is "dumbed down" to the lowest common denominator
> form supported by MySQL, that means that we need to establish what the
> relationships are that the _engine_ will have to manage.
> 
> What may ultimately prove necessary is to build something like CORBA
> IDL that outlines the operations supported by the engine.

Yes, exactly.

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