> Can you tell me what developers generally use as alternatives? Should I > break the values into individual columns?
The lists should be removed from the table they are in and added to a table that contains each unique list elemnt as a record. That table will contain an ID field (unique primary key) and another column that holds the list element Something like this: List_Item_ID List_Item 1 red 2 green 3 blue Then you need another table to relate the original records (that contained the column with lists) to specify which list_item(s) are associated with each record Orig_Rec_ID List_Item_ID 1 1 1 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 2 and so on HTH Cheers Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. phone: 250.480.0642 fax: 250.480.1264 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.electricedgesystems.com/54 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:203582 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
