Allowing for menu items to be marked as Vegetarian, Gluten Free, Low Fat etc. could be very useful
On 6/9/06, Pete Ruckelshaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Somewhat OT but there are a bunch of very intelligent people here whose > opinions I value. The database will initially be MS SQL Server but I also > plan to eventually support MS Access and MySQL. The front end WILL be in > CF > :) > > I need to add an online menu to a web site that I'm building for a > restaurant. Having more experience in content management and CRM style > apps, I want to make sure that I don't miss anything obvious. I'm also > not > a DBA -- I have a good mind for organization, but I have little formal > training in database design. So far, here's what I've got: > > *tblMenu* -- Names the menus and determines whether they are actively > displayed or not > id (int,PK) > menuName (varchar,100, not null) > menuDescription (varchar,2000) > content (text) -- in case there is a need to provide a simpler, > content-management based menu > active (bit) > > *tblMenuCategories* -- Categories for menu, i.e. Appetizers, Main Courses, > Brunch, etc. > id (int,PK) > parentCategoryID (int) > categoryName (varchar,100, not null) > categoryDescription (varchar,2000) > displayorder (int) > > *tblMenuItems* > id (int,PK) > itemName (varchar,100, not null) > itemDescription (varchar,4000) > itemNote (varchar,1000) -- visible only to administrators > updated (smalldatetime, getdate()) > price (smallmoney) > unit (varchar, 100) -- i.e. dozen, small, half-cup, I could have another > table for this but think that is probably overkill > active (bit) > > *tblMenuItemCategories* -- i.e. chef's special, heart-healthy, etc. > id (int, PK) > categoryName (varchar,100, not null) > > *tblMenuItemCategoryLookup*-- allows a single itemt o have multiple > categories (i.e. something can be the special of the day AND > heart-healthy) > menuItemID (int, FK tblMenuItems.ID) > menuItemCategoryID (int, FK tblMenuItemCategories.ID) > > *tblMenuLookup* -- This is what actually "builds" the menu > menuID (int, FK tblMenu.ID) > menuCategoryID (int, FK tblMenuCategories.ID) > menuItemID (int, FK tblMenuItems.ID) displayOrder (int) -- this orders the > specific menu item > active (bit) -- allows administrators to "pull" an item from the menu > > Can anyone with experience in writing an online restaurant menu > application > lend any further advice or shoot me a copy of your database schema so I > can > see if I'm missing anything obvious? This is NOT meant to be the be-all, > end-all of online restaurant menus, I just need it to do the job for a > variety of small to mid-sized clients, and I want to get it right the > first > time since obviously having to rewrite it later would mean a lot of work > for > my clients as well. > > Thanks! > > Pete > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:243013 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
