>>>Jerry, a question - are you able to identify all the ways your database will be used over the next 3-5 years, and by how many people?
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>>>(...using a bit of the Socratic method here...odd, since I'm an Aristotelian....but there's a point regarding usability I think you should consider)
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>>>So do you know the ways your database will be used over time?
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>>(having read the rest of this thread stream )
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>>As always thanks for bringing something extra to the table. We always think and answer questions is the scope of our own experience ( and knowledge ) and I'm really glad this question was asked and to see your answer. While I'm confident mine works in the scope i deal with, I have just learned a lot about a question I didn't know was a question <g> and will be watchful of *ass*uming my world is *the* world <g>
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>>Now I have to go read a bunch of stuff I didn't know existed <s> You really know how to screw up my weekend.
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>Keep Sunday afternoon and evening clear <g>.
Hmmm, spend the weekend ameliorating my ignorance about datawarehouse theory or watching incredible championship football ....
Aw, heck, I'll just tell my clients datawarehousing is a virus.
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