Susan Harkins
ssharkins at bellsouth.net
Thu Mar 25 16:16:24 CST 2004
I want to know why he's changing the table names? ;) Oh my gosh, what a horrible mess you might create all the way down the line -- not just with lookup fields. <fire's hot, just about ready -- Drew, hand me a marshmallow, would ya?> Susan H. Okay, for number one, let's drop that. It's a pointless argument. If you want to argue that using Lookups adds confusion, then I would REALLY hate to see your table designs. Have you ever tried to explain a many to many table to a 'user'? Trust me, they'll pick up what a 'lookup' field does a LOT faster. And if you aren't using things like many to many tables, because users could get confused, then you are not normalizing your data. See how this is a BAD argument to try to defend against? Now for number 2. You can't hack a feature with a 'feature creep' agrument. Feature creep can affect anything in a bad way, however, if you are getting paid by the hour, or are doing contract work, Feature creep means more money! LOL