Weak references

Hi.

Can someone explain to me what are "weak references"?
I've seen people talking about it but didn't find any explanation about that.

Thanks.

I don't know the term in question, but to my mind it could be one of two things:

A weak referential link in a database (eg a 0..n link rather than a 1..n link - the link doesn't have to exist)

or

A reference to a DLL that is created at run time (ie: the project is compiled without having a refernce to the DLL, and the DLL is loaded at reuntim using the CreateObject or LoadLibraru command. Similar in approach to the plugin concept)

Hope that helps a bit

- gaffa