The following thought caused me to get up from my computer and spontaneously dance around the room:
"The relationships are stored in the underlying database!!" Woohoo!
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The following thought caused me to get up from my computer and spontaneously dance around the room:
"The relationships are stored in the underlying database!!" Woohoo!
Anonymous
October 8 2005, 21:16:58 UTC 6 years ago
October 8 2005, 21:17:36 UTC 6 years ago
October 8 2005, 21:18:19 UTC 6 years ago
October 8 2005, 22:49:07 UTC 6 years ago
I was working on a database program that I have been developing since mid-high school, and I needed to add the capability of loading different files. Since all the tables are located in a different database from the code, I figured all I'd have to do is just point the tables at the new database file. Then I realized that to do this, I'd have to delete the tables first, and that would destroy the relationships between them.
But I gave it a shot, and was surprised when it actually worked. I was worried, though, that this wouldn't always be the case. I kept poking around, worrying that I'd have to write code to recreate the relationships every time I loaded a file. Then I realized that the relationships are stored in the underlying database, not in the program itself, and was so excited because it meant that I wouldn't have to do all that work. Yay for no work!