> As for the ORs I'm a little lost on that too. Perhaps cases for
> readability? Or would they be ORs in a select where a = a or
> b = b statement that you're referring to Rudy?

yes, i was referring to conditions in the WHERE clause combined with ORs

i've been data modelling for about twenty-five years (actually, an
equivalent of only about ten -- see http://rudy.ca/20020514.cfm) and i have
always been very, very careful not to store lists inside a column, because
that violates first normal form

still, when you have (custom) tags that can compare lists, i must say that
the case against lists is weakened somewhat

if you can guarantee that the individual entries inside the list will never
need to be joined to some other table, then i guess it's okay

nevertheless, i would still design the intersection table, just to be safe

rudy


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