family database

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

Re: family database

"Steve" <Sorry@private. emailaddresswro te:

>I took Tony's response to say a Family table with Parent1 and Parent2 fields
>and Child1, Child2, Child3, etc fields. In the OP's scenario, it is
>reasonable to assume he means young children who can njot also be parents.

No, I meant a family table with basically an address and phone number on it.
Possibly a last name. No, more likely the "head of the household", however the
family defines it. Then a family member table with each adult and child in that
table.

I may not have phrased it or explained it very well though in hindsight.

Tony
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[John Marshall, MVP]

Re: family database

Welcome to the world of steve.

John... Visio MVP

"Arch" <send.no@spam.n etwrote in message
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Geez resource. How on earth did you make this assumption:
>

>>I took Tony's response to say a Family table with Parent1 and Parent2
>>fields
>>and Child1, Child2, Child3, etc fields. In the OP's scenario, it is
>>reasonable to assume he means young children who can njot also be parents.

>
From this:
>

>>>>I'd create a family table and assign the parent(s) and children to the
>>>>family.

>
You are defending the poor solution that you recommended with
arguments that are totally illogical. The solution that Tony (and
others) recommend doesn't build in the clumsy limitations that yours
does.

[Larry Linson]

Re: family database

"Tony Toews [MVP]" <ttoews@teluspl anet.netwrote

I may not have phrased it or explained
it very well though in hindsight.

You can't phrase or explain something well enough that someone looking for
an argument won't somehow try to argue about it, even if that means
completely redefining what you said. I'd have thought that, by now, Steve
would have learned his lesson and would know better than to try to start a
fight in this newsgroup.

Larry Linson
who's been in CDMA since casting a vote approving
its creation, and seen it survive far worse than Steve

[John Marshall, MVP]

Re: family database

You seem to be crediting steve with some form of intelligence. He is just a
script kidding who subscribes to the Monty Python school of arguments and
abhors spoiling an argument with simple things like truth or facts.

John... Visio MVP

"Larry Linson" <bouncer@localh ost.notwrote in message
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I'd have thought that, by now, Steve would have learned his lesson and
would know better than to try to start a fight in this newsgroup.
>
Larry Linson
who's been in CDMA since casting a vote approving
its creation, and seen it survive far worse than Steve