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On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:51 PM, sallushan <[email protected]> wrote: > > To me it is a Many-To-Many relation. > > 1 Recipe can have many Ingredients > AND > 1 Ingredient can be in multiple Recipes > > Which obviously require a Junction Table. > > On Jan 27, 11:15 am, Cerebrus <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is a common scenario... > > > > 1 Class can have many Students. > > 1 Book can have many Authors. > > .. > > 1 Recipe c an have many Ingredients. > > > > It's called a 1-Many relationship. I suggest you read up on > > relationships in databases... there are entire books on the subject. > > > > On Jan 26, 9:42 pm, BrianP <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > I'm new to developing .net apps and database designing, so naturally I > > > have a question. > > > > > A little background of what I want to do ... I want to have a table > > > containing food ingredient information (Names, cost/unit of measure, > > > etc.), and another table containing recipes. Each recipe will > > > reference a variable number of ingredients. > > > > > What's the best way to go about storing this info in a database? I was > > > initially thinking a table for ingredients and a table for recipes, > > > but since the recipes will reference a variable number of ingredients, > > > that presented a problem to me with my limited knowledge of database > > > design. > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Brian- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -
