Generally I would break this up into 2 tables:

Record table:
> record_id, catagoryid, Text,  URL, Disc, Cat

Category table:
catagoryId, catagoryName, catagoryDescription

but you could also just make category a column on the record table:
> record_id, Text,  URL, Disc, Cat, Catagory


Paul.

On Aug 11, 2009, at 10:33 PM, John Barrett wrote:

>
> Hi,
> I am working on a List admin that has a form that write URLs with  
> data to a db. I am confused on how can I add the category to  
> multiple area.
> I have a form that writes to a DB:
> The database has
> 1) Site name
> 2) url
> 3) paragraph about what  the site includes
> 4) Topic areas to place the site. Most urls will go in multiple areas.
>
> This is done for one category. Okay maybe having 30 different  
> versions of the same add/delete/update form is not good practice,  
> but I am new at this.
>
> So for example I would have Adobe(http://adobe.com), and a  
> description about adobe. But I would place adobe in many categories,  
> such as ColdFusion, Flash, Flex, etc.
>
> So if I have a table for each page that I want to update, I have 30  
> so far, how can I write to multiple tables at the same time?
>
> The DB structure is:
> record_id, Text,  URL, Disc, Cat
>
> Any help would be great,
> Thanks so much,
> John
>
> 

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