[Babase] AMOK Questions

Karl O. Pinc kop at meme.com
Mon Jul 14 19:28:35 EDT 2008


On 07/14/2008 05:11:21 PM, Susan Alberts wrote:

> GIven that we are sort of waffly on the "sure" part, I like Karl's  
> suggestion:
> 
>>> ......
> 
>>> I could see a table called something like
>> ALTERNATE_SNAMES.  It'd have, say, 5 rows:

>> That way when you've got data outside Babase with the "bad" sname
>> in it you can still work with the data and link it to the "good"
>> sname.

A table like this (or call it nicknames? aliases?
sobriquets?) can be used
either way you decide the question of whether or not to have a
single row for AMO & BIL.  (And you don't have to make the
same decision in the future regarding another immigrant male
as you do with AMO/BIL.)

So anyway, you've got options.  No doubt enough to give your self
enough rope to hang yourself with, but that's life.  :-)

Karl <kop at meme.com>
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