This does not seem too odd to me what you discribe, if I understand, is just a normalized Schema it seams....Products, Categories, and Colors then a linking table that dictates what products/colors are in what category...
Adam H On 5/9/05, Bryan Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey All, > > I always join my tables directly like so: > > TableA.PK_Field joins to FK TableB.PK_Field_fromTableA > > Like with products and categories..the product records have an FK back to > categories table via cat_id > > Now I've been handed with a data model that joins all tables associated with > lets say products via a central table that contains the PKs from all child > tables. So the central table would have prod_id, cat_id, color_id, etc > > Some relationships between the child tables are one to many..some are many > to many...all are held in this central table instead of actual relationships > between tables > > Has anyone ever seen data setup this way? I never have.... > > TIA > > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:206074 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
