>>Before I take short cuts, the first thing that comes to mind is, "I hope I won't need to redo this later."
Then if you're not sure, don't do it. >>The purpose of and RDBMS is storing data in a relational way in the first place, Right, when there is a relation worth to be treated as such. >>so using one join to get at additional data isn't taboo; these systems are made for that type of work. Harvesters are also mad to cut grass, though I don't use them to mow my green in my yard ;-) >>You can grab the items from the link table and use ValueList() if you want to put them in a list. This is what I do when the list is worth to be stored in a table. >>What if a manager would like a printout of the days of the week and which employees are available to work on each of those days. Show me, using a single query, how you'd list all employees grouped by the days they work. Just put the days in the list, not codes ;-)) That will make a field with a max of what? 50 characters may be? Big deal! ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:257679 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
