Re: How to store a directory info into a database?

From: 9rowzn01i001 <9rowzn01i001_at_9rowzn01i001.com>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 00:05:53 +0000 (UTC)
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"Louis Chen" <llchen_at_nortelnetworks.com> wrote in message news:3CEE8978.E5B9B398_at_nortelnetworks.com...
> Hi, I need your suggestion as what would be an good design of a
> relational database to store a directory structure like information? I
> would be very appreciated if you could point to me any samples, website
> or books.
>
>
> Louis

There is a white paper by Jacques Roy that shows how hierarchical data can be stored in Object-Relational Databases:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/xmldatabases/misc/NodeBlade.zip

Versions of this have been implemented for Informix IDS, DB2 and Cloudscape. Code is Open Source AFAIK.

HTH

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akmal chaudhri

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Received on Fri May 24 2002 - 19:05:53 CDT