CF'ers Thank you all for your fast posts! Thats what I was thinking but it's always nice to hear it from others!
Have a great weekend! Regards, JB Mosh Teitelbaum wrote: >Separate tables, because you should be relating those tables to your "main" >tables in the DB. For example, for a user database where you also store the >user's state, you might have a DB design like: > > Users xState > ------------ ------------- > UserID (PK) |------xStateID (PK) > Username | Abbreviation > ... | State > xStateID (FK)----| > ZipCode > >So, instead of storing the 2 character state abbreviation in your "Users" >table, you store the numeric ID xStateID. > >-- >Mosh Teitelbaum >evoch, LLC >Tel: (301) 942-5378 >Fax: (301) 933-3651 >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ > > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: James Blaha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:40 PM >>To: CF-Talk >>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
