I'd agree that it seems clumsy. The queries would be horrific - you'd be self-joining to the same table multiple times. Ouch.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 12:06 PM 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 > > 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:4:206091 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
