if it's always going to be the same data, then you should go with a single table, and designate media_type column... on the other hand i see that you have a column hasThumb (or has_thumb)... that obviously cannot apply to audio.
On Nov 7, 12:06 pm, Marcus Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am trying to create system which will let users upload media to the > server, the question that I ask is weather using a single table to > store the uploaded files is better than using separate tables to store > each file type in terms of coding. > > Seems to me that if I use the multiple table I will be creating > exactly the same data, but in a different table. > > Example: audios,videos,images etc.... > > My table structure: > > CREATE TABLE `uploaded_files` ( > `id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, > `foreign_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL, > `model` varchar(255) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Associated model name', > `media` varchar(55) NOT NULL, > `filename` varchar(255) default NULL, > `ext` varchar(10) default NULL, > `mime` varchar(55) default NULL, > `filesize` int(11) NOT NULL, > `webpath` varchar(255) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Web path to show file', > `full_path` text NOT NULL COMMENT 'Full path to file_src', > `hasThumb` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL, > `thumbs` text, > `width` int(11) default NULL, > `height` int(11) default NULL, > `description` varchar(155) default NULL, > `created` datetime default NULL, > `updated` datetime default NULL, > PRIMARY KEY (`id`) > ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ; > > Basically, I am looking for an easy solution that will reduce the > amount of code I write.... > > Hope some of you guys can help. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
