I agree - it doesn't seem normalised (it seems to repeat a lot of info for each colour).
-----Original Message----- From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 10 May 2005 1:06 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: odd data model > 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:206083 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
