How that is different from a database table with 25 rows?
You populate your array from that table, use the array as a datProvider and 
save changed data back to db. Am I missing something here?

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Laurence MacNeill <lmacne...@...> wrote:
>
> Ok, I think maybe I'm over-thinking this and confusing myself...  But 
> how do I store an array in a Database?
> 
> I have an array 'demographics[]'  with 25 elements in it (0 thru 
> 24).  I can certainly use a for-loop to loop through each element and 
> do whatever I want with each element.  But when it comes to storing 
> them in the database, I'm at a loss.  I have 25 strings in the DB, 
> named demo1, demo2, ... demo25.  I can't access them using the same 
> type of for-loop syntax that I'm using to access my array, so how do 
> I copy the array into the database?  And read it back out again?
> 
> Is there no choice but to do something like this:
>      my.DB.reference.demo1 = demographics[1];
>      my.DB.reference.demo2 = demographics[2];
>      ...
>      my.DB.reference.demo25 = demographics[25];
> 
> 
> That seems terrible, but it's the only way I've figured out how to do 
> it so far.  There's GOT to be a better way.  Please help.
> 
> 
> Laurence MacNeill
> Mableton, Georgia, USA
>


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