> Ok, I think I am understanding. So are you saying that I will need another > table if this is the case? Say I have antiques and collectible and it has > a > sub_category of furniture. Since not all furniture is antique or > collectible > would that require another table?
Exactly. Instead of defining the parent-child relationship in the category table, you use a second related table to define the relationship, which allows for a subcategory to have a relationship to multiple parents. For example: [categories] Cat_id Category [categoryRelationships] Cat_id [FK_categories] Parentid [FK_categories] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:250575 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
