Even if you normalize your database design, you must still tell it who owns
the row. For example, you have a table containing the following columns:
id name
You have another table that contains the phone numbers:
id name phone number
In order to connect the rows via a foreign key, you must have the
information in the first table and again in the second table. Normalization
only seperates repetative data. If you didn't normalize, your first table
would look something like this:
id name phone number 1 phone number 2 phone number 3 (etc,
etc, etc).
Peter J. Krawetzky
-----Original Message-----
From: Cal Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Kevin Connolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 12:26 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Multiple rows for one column in a MySQL table?
>No. You need to look at normalizing your database if you have this
>situation.
>
>Cal
>http://www.calevans.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kevin Connolly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 10:48 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [PHP-DB] Multiple rows for one column in a MySQL table?
>
>
>Hi,
>Is it possible to have multiple rows for one column of a MySQL databes? and
>if so how would I insert another row into the column in question?
>
>eg:
>
>id Name Phone Number
>1 Kev 123123
>
>2 John 234234
> 345345
>
>3 Paul 789789
>
>Thanks,
>Kev.
>
>
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