Associated fields and @AF

[Christopher Yerry]

>> I'm going to guess you won't get too many nasty
>> notes
>> on this one. I agree that in most applications that
>> child tables are the way to go. However, there are
>> applications that are simple enough, where I
believe
>> that associated fields are the way to go. As Jay
>> mentioned, It eliminates the need for much code
that
>> would otherwise be necessary. In simple
>> applications,
>> this can save you quite a bit of time.

> Every simple application you take a shortcut on will
> be found by someone who will base a huge system on
> it; (and then want you to fix it!)
>  
> cy
> 
>Shortcut vs. overkill.  As in most things it is not
>black and white and requires a judgement call.  You 
>should not use an atom bomb to kill an ant hill.  I
>think that you should use the amount of fire power
>that is appropriate, and leave a reasonable amount of
>room for growth.  Otherwise you are doing the customer
>a dis-service.
>
>If it later turns out that you need to re-write all or
>part of the application, then you hopefully will be
>able to bill the client!

>Jeff Harrison
 
Last comment and I will get off my soap box
 
I will respectfully differ with that opinion
 
I find it difficult to believe their are "file Pro" only shops around. I have converted many to .net but there are others that I don't want to mess with (their is too much code / not worth the change). If I take every table and make it relational (that's real relational not fp related fields relational) I can then use that data in any other environment. The related field mentality does not work anywhere else and if we want filePro to still exist it has to be able to be used accross the board - that's a relational table solution!
 
So I believe I am saving my customers time and money by giving them this freedom. And the honest truth is most of the automatic processing is copied and modified slightly for each table so it doesn't take much time. Its just planning at the beginning. Most of my clients are impressed when we come to the table with this information. or with "you don't need to modify we already took that into consideration and its done".  then they ask us to do something new!!
 
Thanks
 
Christopher Yerry



		
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