Brook,
Check out this article on using recursion at the Defusion site:
http://www.defusion.com/articles/index.cfm?ArticleID=63
I've used this setup in my Amazon partner bookstore where I have
categories and subcategories. Works well. See
http://www.astutia.com/books/index.cfm for an example.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brook Davies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 6:42 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Database Design Question
>
>
>I have listings that look like:
>
>1.0 foobars
> 1.1 foobars the revenge
> 1.1.2 foobars the revenge II
> 1.1.2.1 more foobar specials
>2.0 brown foobars
>3.0 green foobars
>
>etc..
>
>What is the best DB design in terms of performance for a
>classification
>system like this?
>
>Thanks,
>Brook Davies
>MaracasMedia Inc.
>
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