Charlotte Foust
cfoust at infostatsystems.com
Fri Jun 11 14:49:52 CDT 2004
Be nice! That was for emphasis. Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: Martin Kahelin [mailto:mkahelin at gorskibulk.com] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 11:11 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: The Great Primary Debate Charlotte, you highlighted the word *is*. Do we need to define the meaning of it? > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlotte Foust [mailto:cfoust at infostatsystems.com] > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 11:10 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: The Great Primary Debate > > > Well, what *is* distinct about a screw from the same lot? > This is probably a poor example for this discussion because > screws of the same size, etc., are interchangeable. There is > no need to identify any particular screw from a batch of > duplicate screws, so it has no unique key! > > Charlotte Foust > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Marcus [mailto:marcus at tsstech.com] > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 5:38 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: The Great Primary Debate > > > Stuart, > > It was just an example. I worked for GE Aircraft Engines for > 2 years. I wrote systems that tracked those screws/nuts/bolts > etc. They want to know everything about anything in an > engine. They do not however track below a lot number on those > common parts. You could find anything you needed to know > about a 'lot' of screws but a particular screw from that lot > was no different than any other screw in that lot. > > Scott Marcus > TSS Technologies, Inc. > marcus at tsstech.com > (513) 772-7000 > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of > Stuart McLachlan > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 9:27 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: The Great Primary Debate > > On 11 Jun 2004 at 8:28, Scott Marcus wrote: > > > John, > > > > If you have a bin full of 20,000 screws (all the same, > because that's > > what I was saying) you would be an amazing person if I > could pick up > > anyone of them, show it to you, take it back, put it back > in the bin, > > mix the bin up, and you could find that same exact screw. > > > > You've obviously never developed any systems for the aircraft > industry. > > You need to track what supplier and manufacture batch any individual > screw came from, what aircraft it ended up on and where. You just > don't dump 20,000 > screws > in a bin. :-( > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Lexacorp Ltd > http://www.lexacorp.com.pg > Information Technology Consultancy, Software > Development,System Support. > > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com