There is a tree based database system for menus and the like, but I can't
quite remember what it's called or where I've seen it...

Anyone?

Paul

> Thanks for the info.  The unmanageable part is probably more 
> to do with the 
> database design which, I feel, does not allow very much 
> flexibility.  The 
> confusing aspect of the whole thing is when the end-user gets 
> hold of it 
> and tries to add a page it is quite complicated for them as 
> to where the 
> page will be located in the menu system.
> 
> They can add a page that will either become the first page 
> when a category 
> is chosen or the first page in a menu, submenu or page 
> underneath a submenu.
> 
> Below is the db tables that I am currently using:
> 
> circuit (hold the main categories - top level) contains 
> amongst other fields:
>          contentid
> menus (holds the main menus of each category) also contains 
> amongst other 
> fields:
>          contentid
> submenus (hold sub-sections of the menus)
>          contentid
> content (holds the content)
>          submenuid (which may be 0 if the contentid is linked 
> directly to 
> one of the above tables.)
> 
> Ideally I want a system that doesn't care how many levels 
> there are in the 
> system.




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