Pete,

I think we are arguing about something we agree on ... not sure if you're not reading my whole posts or I'm not being clear enough, but I AGREE with you -

Ken



>>>I've never tried it with more than two tables but it's certainly ok with two
>>Few of my joins only have two tables ....
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>>>You can always hack the code gendbc produces.
>>So - why not just write my own code up front? It's less work. Is there some magic you believe GENDBC has?
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>>>I know how to code it manually, but we have visual tools that I believe we should use.
>>> snip ...
>>>I agree BUT, you should be able to choose your method.
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>>You contradict yourself ... I believe we should choose also - so why "SHOULD" we use visual tools? Because they are there? Because they are "visual"? I believe the right answer is that we should use whatever we are most comfortable with that allows us to do the work with the highest quality and most effeciency ... and be open minded enough to look at new ways as they come along.
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>>thanks!
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>Now now Ken calm down, we could always go back to using assembler
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>An ex bit head
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>Pete Kane
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>n.b. If we were all the same twould be a poorer world