Re: Table Design for Hierarchical Data

On Monday 12. April 2010 17.37.58 Yeb Havinga wrote:
> Leif Biberg Kristensen wrote:
> > On Monday 12. April 2010 16.57.38 Rob Sargent wrote:
> >   
> >> Believe me: "ego-ma-pa" will correctly define genealogical relationships
> >> (at least among humans).
> >>     
> >
> > Yes, but a family tree is not a hierarchical tree as defined in database 
> > theory. Believe me: I'm a genealogist.
> >   
> The last sentence is almost like the 'proof by authority' from 36 
> methods of mathematical proof, see e.g. 
> http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMT668/EMAT6680.F99/Challen/proof/proof.html.

Sure, I'm also an autocephalic bishop of no fixed abode 
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTcx_IaI8BY>. Sorry that I forgot to mention 
that.

:D

regards,
-- 
Leif Biberg Kristensen
http://solumslekt.org/