Do you know of a site that is using auctionBuilder? I tried looking for a demo, but I guess they do not have one.
Doug B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Snake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 5:42 AM Subject: RE: Design question (Database etc) > Btw there are apps already out there both of these, auctionbuilder and > classifieds) > > Russ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 25 November 2006 04:37 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Design question (Database etc) > > Thanks for the insight Patrick. What I am attempting to do is get this > classifieds application going, and then I would like to be able to design an > auction system off the same application with very few changes. I believe you > are on the right track though and now the only problem is the > implementation. I will of course be mulling this all over and trying to > decide on the right way. Another idea I was having is that the only > categories that are truly different from others is Automobiles, Real Estate > and Help Wanted. I think that everything else that a person might want to > advertise is just general in nature. Maybe that will help me in my task at > hand. > > > > Regards, > > > Doug B. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patrick McElhaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 7:44 PM > Subject: Re: Design question (Database etc) > > > > Now that I've answered your question, let me throw in an opinion. If > > you're building a generic classified system, you might be better off > > with category, description and maybe a couple fields for contact > > information. That seems to have worked for craigslist. > > > > Patrick > > > > > > On 11/24/06, Doug Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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:261650 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
