On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 01:36:52PM -0800, Michael Watkins wrote:
> I'm in the middle of trying to transition my mindset away from relational
> database-think into ZODB-think. Its tough for me, I've found.

Try to forget about queries and think about data structures.

> When using ZODB is it a common practice to embed attribute info into a key?

I don't think so.

> I could imagine something like:
>
> (date-type-counter)
>     20030106-MA-7
>     20030106-MA-8
>     20030107-SD-9

I think I would use multiple mappings rather than embedding information
in the key.  To keep everything consistent I would write methods for
adding (and if necessary removing) documents.

  Neil