Dennis, Yes, at this moment I'm debating whether to go with one combined string or several separate fields. I'm not thrilled by any of the options, but the former really doesn't look good to me. What I'm trying to avoid is every transaction having to run a query against a large (tens of millions rows) child table in order to count the statuses.
Another - totally different - option would be to create an aggregate (I think someone did mention that), but I haven't had much sucess designing an appropriate aggregate yet Gene --- DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is your tradeoff between > four separate columns > or a single column with concatenated values? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Gurelei INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
