Re: more dimensional method like a query...


H. S. Lahman wrote:
> Responding to Pi421...
>
> > the bottle neck is the database... and the middleware the data is
> > passed thropugh. I need to work with this... :(
> > I have 64 Combinations.
> > first attribute with any value * 4 secsond Attribute with any value = 4
> > * third attribute with any value = 16
> > * fourth attribute with any value = 64
> > so there are psossible 64 combinations of the attributes...
>
> If I understand this properly, each of the four attributes has 4
> possible values and the client will ask for an arbitrary combination of
> the four attribute values. Is that correct?
>
>
> I think I agree with Parker (if my understanding above is correct).

I'm starting to have serious doubts about Parker's understanding of the
problem.

I'd like to ask:

- Does the order of the attributes matter? (I originally assumed it
didn't)
- Can you query by first attribute alone, first and second attributes,
second and first attributes (with a different result), etc.?
- Are the attributes properties of stocks? (what I originally assumed),
or
- You refer to the attributes as batch, project, quality, condition.
Do all of these have many-to-one relationships with stocks?

Regards,
Daniel Parker

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