[Bioperl-l] Re: Comparative genomics

[Elia Stupka]

>  CREATE TABLE Personnel
>  (emp CHAR(10) PRIMARY KEY,
>   boss CHAR(10),       -- this column is unneeded
>   salary DECIMAL(6,2) NOT NULL,
>   lft INTEGER NOT NULL,
>   rgt INTEGER NOT NULL);

Isn't this already an example of the merged structure, i.e. where you
retain the parent-child relationship as well as the lft-rgt schema?

I think I'll go off and write this schema and object asap, sounds really
interesting.

Elia

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