seperate tables...I've tried a universal lookup table with classifications and it made FK relationships impossible in some situations...didn't like that ;-)
If your universal tabel was huge the lookup for an individual select box would take longer as well (more records = slower query) Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com --------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder & Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Blaha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 11:39 AM Subject: Just wondering Lookup Tables > Hello All: > > Just wondering what you all do out there for application lookup tables > for dropdown selection options. Do you use one table for all your > dropdowns and classify them or do you make a separate table for each > dropdown? I'm not sure what the best route to go is. > > For example a state lookup, or a list of options like select one of 20 cars. > > Regards, > James Blaha > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
