> Argh... I was affraid someone would indeed :-) > > This is right IN THEORY, and in most cases, but in practice, when the > list has only a few elements, > and is not expected to have many ever, a list in one field is > a much simpler > and more efficient solution.
I'd actually rather brush my teeth with a chainsaw than store a delimited list in a database field, even if I was building a small application for myself. I made that mistake a couple times, once in a very large application, and it cost me a good amount of time and money to fix it. Andy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:257651 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
