[AccessD] Design Question

Have a look at this mdb and article. somewhat similar

People in households and companies - modelling human relationships
http://www.allenbrowne.com/AppHuman.html

Bryan Carbonnell wrote:

>I have a design question from a colleague that I can't answer. It may
>be because I haven't given it enough thought, or that I'm too rusty
>when designing Access apps, but here goes for you wonderful folks.
>
>I have 5 distinct categories, which will be table(s) (normalized):
>
>People
>Facility
>Hardware
>Software
>Service Agreements
>
>So far, so simple, right?
>
>Now comes the hard part, and where I'm having problems
>
>Any one of the tables can be associated with virtually any other table.
>
>For example:
>A piece of hardware can be assigned to a facility or person
>A piece of software can be assigned to a person or hardware or facility
>A service agreement can be assigned to hardware, software, person or facility
>
>These are just some of the combos that are possible. Multiples are
>also possible.
>Multiple pieces of hardware can be assigned to a single or many
>facilities or people
>Multiple pieces of software can be assigned to a single or many people
>/ hardware or facilities
>Multiple service agreements can be assigned to a single or multiple
>hardware, software, person or facility
>
>How would you structure the tables to facilitate this? My brain can't
>figure it out at the moment. I need to get back to programing and not
>management. <sigh>
>
>Any guidance or insight will be greatly appreciated.
>
>  
>

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Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada