I think that's called the "Horizon Effect" in 
Chess playing programs.

BT
NNNN
Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne R. Boyer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 1:33 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] MANMAN to SAP
> 
> 
> In a message dated 8/19/02 9:59:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
> 
> 
> > I think the problem with MRP systems is that reational DBs don't do
> > recursion very well - they have to emulate it. A lot of the 
> more complex
> > items have hugely complex sub-item trees. If the 
> combination of trees
> > exceeds the number of levels that the relational DBs 
> program for, it just
> > drops the deeper levels altogether with no complaints.
> >
> Oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Drops" the deeper 
> levels??????????  Those
> parts aren't important?  "no complaints" means no error 
> message????  DBs that
> "drop" data should be drop-kicked off the planet!
> 
> Wayne Boyer
> 
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