http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660Isn't it all about paradigm of document data bases, not specifically Raven? http://ayende.com/4725/the-right-storage-model#comment5http://ayende.com/4725/the-right-storage-model#comment5Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:11:08 GMTI don't know why this is so special? You can Blob the order details on the Order row to achieve the same result. It's kept normalized on purpose for other benefits. http://ayende.com/4725/the-right-storage-model#comment4http://ayende.com/4725/the-right-storage-model#comment4Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:47:35 GMTGavin, You can do partial updates if you want to. http://ayende.com/4725/the-right-storage-model#comment3http://ayende.com/4725/the-right-storage-model#comment3Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:09:47 GMTI can see how abstracting your transactional boundary around the design of your storage model would be a benefit but what about the exact opposite? If I don't want Orders to be locked when I am merely updating an order line(for performance etc) surely this does not mean that I have to separate my order lines from my order in terms of how it is represented in the document? For example, if you are only issuing a "known" partial update ... why lock something or make it part of the transaction if you aint gonna need it? http://ayende.com/4725/the-right-storage-model#comment2http://ayende.com/4725/the-right-storage-model#comment2Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:00:32 GMTHmm, hadn't thought about it that way. Interesting. http://ayende.com/4725/the-right-storage-model#comment1http://ayende.com/4725/the-right-storage-model#comment1Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:18:41 GMT