> 1º using a (small) list is not a workaround, it is a short cut. Before I take short cuts, the first thing that comes to mind is, "I hope I won't need to redo this later."
> 2º updating one field in a table is much more straightforward than > updating a multi records cross table. If you mean the SQL is easier to write, then yes, but I would only say it's "faster to write", since most link table queries and code can be re-used with little modification once you've written them before. > 3º you don't need a joined table in the query, just one table; The purpose of and RDBMS is storing data in a relational way in the first place, so using one join to get at additional data isn't taboo; these systems are made for that type of work. > 4º you don't need a query each time you want to check if an > item has a > certain property, > you just check for the property in a list, which you can > even store > in a session variable. You can grab the items from the link table and use ValueList() if you want to put them in a list. > 5º only beginners go by the bible, experienced programmers > know short cuts. Experienced programmers are experienced because they've learned a lot of do's and donts from experienced programmers that came before them. > 6º bibles are made for beginners; One thing that experts and true beginners have in common: they both know they still have a lot to learn. > 7º beginners are supposed to learn from experience, if they keep on > going by the bible, > and don't experiment, they will remain beginners... Beginners learn from a lot of different sources, and one of the major sources is the experience of others who have tried something 10 different ways. > For instance, if you need to store in an employee table which days in > the week he is ok to work, > will you create a table with the 7 days in the week and a cross table > between the employees and the days? > SURE, just in case some one decides to make an eigth day in the week, > who knows! > This is ridiculous. ;-) What if a manager would like a printout of the days of the week and which employees are available to work on each of those days. Show me, using a single query, how you'd list all employees grouped by the days they work. 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:257675 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
