You don't really need them to be separate DBs. Here's the basic premise...

Two tables, one with users in, the other with user paths. One user can have
many paths.

tblUsers
UserID    Username
1 Adrian
2 Bob
3 Sue

tblUserPaths
UserID Path
1 c:\
1 c:\qwerty
1 c:\qwerty\berty
2 d:\a\path\to\nowhere
3 d:\look\mum\I\got\me\a\path

UserID in both tables would be integers, the path would be varchar.

To get all the paths for me...

SELECT up.Path
FROM tblUserPaths up
INNER JOIN tblUsers u ON up.UserID = u.UserID
WHERE u.Username = 'Adrian'

How's that?

Ade :O)

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 07 October 2004 12:19
To: CF-Newbie
Subject: RE: CF and SQL

SOmething I'm doing wrong. I created a new database
with the tables "users" and "paths". I'm not sure what
to enter in for the "column name" or "data type" etc.
for each table. I knew it had to be a relational
database but I've never really created one. The other
tdatabases were done by someone else.

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:21:27 +0800, James Holmes wrote:

>
> Ideally, yes, create a relational setup. A "users"
> table linked to a "paths"
> table would do.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, 7 October 2004 2:34
> To: CF-Newbie
> Subject: CF and SQL
>
> I'm inserting the filename and directory path into my
> sql database when a
> link is clicked based on the user which I get from
> login. The update being
> done just appends everything into one field in the
> database.
>
> How can I get each file and directory inserted into
> individual fields and be
> able to extract that information basxed on the user
> account?
>
> I'm not that familar with sql. Do I have to create a
> relational database?
>
>
> Now
> ---
>
> field1     field2
>
> bob        c:\temp,c:\windows,c:\windows32
>
>
> Want
> ----
>
> field1     field2
> bob        c:\temp
> bob        c:\windows
> bob        c:\windows32
>
>
>
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