> 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...the example was simple and has nothing to do with products ;-) Typically (using prod/cat/colour example) you'd have 4 tables (product, category, colour, product_colour) and the products table would be joined to the category table via cat_id (one to one) and to the colour table via the product_colour table which contains colour_id and product_id (one to many). What I've been shown is a central table that has product_id, cat_id, colour_id and the cat_id would be duplicated for each colour_id. I've never seen it done this way...seems clumsy 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:206080 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
