Applying multiple of same aspect to content.. Is it possible

[tonyc]

Hello,

I'm currently developing a content model in which I have a "mailed" aspect.  The problem I have is that I can "mail" said piece of content to multiple people or multiple times, and I wish to keep all that information in the content properties, not just the last update. 

So for example if I pulled up the document and looked at its properties it would show that it was mailed to John Doe on some day to some address.

That being said, is it possible to apply an aspect multiple to times to the content.  Or is there a better practice out there to solve such a problem?

Thanks

[mrogers]

The "normal" way to do this would be to make each of your "records of mailing" separate nodes with an association between your content item and the records of emailing.

[tonyc]

Thanks for your reply,

One question regarding that method though,  how expensive is it to create those child assoc. nodes?  If i was to add ten thousand pieces of content to the repo, the nodes would be twenty thousand.  I'm worried that as our repo fills up ( around 2 million after a year ) with documents that performance would may take a hit..  Do you think that is something I should be concerned with?

[mrogers]

Nodes and associations are quite cheap.    

But as with any sort of database, what is more expensive is processing large numbers of nodes.