Originally posted by Paul Bourdeaux:
As I see it, when you book a contractor, it is similar to renting a DVD (to use Max's example). This means that a contractor is available until booked, and once booked, remains unavailable until they are unbooked (for lack of a better term).
This is exactly how I see it.
Originally posted by Paul Bourdeaux:
The other possible interpretation is booking a contractor for specific dates, like you would book a hotel room or airline seat. However, based on the database structure I don't think this is the intended meaning.
I think you are absolutely right, I don't think this is the intended meaning. According to my instructions, the database file only has a customer id field as the only possible way of showing a booking, and the database format
cannot be changed, to maintain compatibility with other software.
This means that even if you tried to have a booking that is for certain dates, there would be no way of saving this information. I suppose you could make a second database file, as in the instructions I don't think it explicitly forbids it, but I really don't think they want that. I will
not be implementing such a solution.
Michal
[ September 03, 2004: Message edited by: Michal Charemza ]