I would create a table for it (or maybe even two)
Table 1: slideshow
(not really necessary if you have no other fields except the PK)
slideshowId (PK)
any other fields related to the slideshow (owner, title, ...)
Table 2: photo
photoId (PK)
slideshowId (FK)
photoFile
photoDesc
photoOrder
Pascal
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Kidd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 25 November 2004 12:34
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Photo slideshow.
>
> Hi guys,
>
> On my CMS i want to be able to add a photo slideshow whereby you can
> upload as many photographs as you like with a bit of accompanying text
for
> each.
>
> I was thinking of having 2 columns; PhotoDescriptionList and
> PhotoLocationList.
>
> The first, PhotoDescriptionList would be a comma-separated list of the
> descriptions, the PhotoLocationList would be the corresponding list of
> locations of the photographs eg.
>
/images/photoslides/24_233.jpg,/images/photoslides/24_233.jpg,/images/ph
ot
> oslides/24_233.jpg,/images/photoslides/24_234.jpg
>
> Do you think that this is the best way to do it?
>
> Also, should the column type be varchar and how many characters? I am
new
> to using SQL as before I was using Access and would use the 'TEXT'
> attribute.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Saturday
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