Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE9D99FB7D0 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:34:21 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 87226-06-3 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:34:15 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from mtao02.charter.net (mtao02.charter.net [209.225.8.187]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1F959FB7DF for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:34:16 -0300 (ADT) Received: from aarprv06.charter.net ([10.20.200.76]) by mtao02.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.03.00 201-2186-126-20070710) with ESMTP id <20071016173416.RFQX27011.mtao02.charter.net@aarprv06.charter.net>; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:34:16 -0400 Received: from [10.0.1.2] (really [66.188.156.151]) by aarprv06.charter.net with ESMTP id <20071016173416.NUHP14098.aarprv06.charter.net@[10.0.1.2]>; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:34:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <354400.92381.qm@web31810.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <354400.92381.qm@web31810.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <116766A9-807A-405E-B772-BE8A8AAA12E7@seespotcode.net> Cc: Jamie Tufnell , pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Michael Glaesemann Subject: Re: Having difficulty writing a "best-fit" query.. Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:34:13 -0500 To: Richard Broersma Jr X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Chzlrs: 0 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200710/73 X-Sequence-Number: 29445 On Oct 16, 2007, at 12:14 , Richard Broersma Jr wrote: > the only difference was that he was modeling employees and > skillsets. IIRC, the terminology for > the improved model was the "full disjuctive" model. Off chance, might the full disjunction work be relevant here? http://pgfoundry.org/projects/fulldisjunction/ Michael Glaesemann grzm seespotcode net