Maybe some clarification is in order. Once the form submits, it all goes into a advertisements table. In order to have hundreds of different fields for different categories, I would have to have hundreds of different columns in the table. I hope I am thinking right. Too much turkey...Makes you brain dead.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 5:17 PM Subject: Design question (Database etc) > I am in the process of re-designing a classifieds system and was just wondering a few things. Currently there is just one standard for to fill out for the ads. I am thinking of designing it to where it is more useful. I would like to make the form as dynamic as possible by having different inputs for different categories of items. The thing is, that I would imagine I would need to have a databse table for each category. Am I correct in this assumption? Building the forms would be the easy part, but having say 50 different tables of info for all categories would be a nightmare. Any suggestion would be appreciated. > > IE: > > [Real Estate Form] > > Price > Bedrooms > Bathrooms > Garage > Sq. Ft. > Acreage > Covenants > etc. etc. > > [Auto Form] > > Make > Model > Year > Miles > etc. etc. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:261625 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
