Re: [GENERAL] More schema design advice requested

2008-10-14 Thread Sam Mason
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 04:29:45PM +, Matthew Wilson wrote: I track employee qualifications in one table and I track job requirements in another table. A job requires zero-to-many qualifications, and for an employee to be qualified for that job, the employee must have ALL the

[GENERAL] More schema design advice requested

2008-10-13 Thread Matthew Wilson
I track employee qualifications in one table and I track job requirements in another table. A job requires zero-to-many qualifications, and for an employee to be qualified for that job, the employee must have ALL the requirements. For example, In my job requirements table, I record that a nurse

Re: [GENERAL] More schema design advice requested

2008-10-13 Thread Richard Broersma
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Matthew Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any advice? I wonder if this is a sign of a bad design, or maybe if there's some nicer SQL techniques I could use. I don't have the book in front of me at the moment, but I remember this exact problem and a unique

Re: [GENERAL] More schema design advice requested

2008-10-13 Thread Jonah H. Harris
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Richard Broersma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Matthew Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't have the book in front of me at the moment, but I remember this exact problem and a unique solution using a schema redesign around skill