>Scenario > >3 tables > >Profile table >-kpProfileID > >profile_hobby table >-kfProfileID >-kfHobbyID > >Hobby Table >-kpHobbyID > >The Profile table would have as many rows in it as you have customers > >The profile_hobby table would have: 1 row per hobby selected in each >profile > >The Hobby table would have 20 rows in it. > >Hope this helps, >William > > >-----Original Message---- >-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >-Date: Sep 18, 2007 12:37 >-To: "CF-Talk"<cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> >-Subj: Re: One more database question - sorry! >- >->you can create a middle table between the two that has 1 profile >key >->and 1 hobby key per row. Each profile could have multiple >hobbies. >->This would keep you away from the 'dreaded' comma dilimited list in >a >->table cell. >-> >->William >-> >->-----Original Message---- >->-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >->-Date: Sep 18, 2007 12:19 >->-To: "CF-Talk"<cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> >->-Subj: One more database question - sorry! >->- >->-Actually, I have one more database question. I have a section on >my >->profile-collection form that is a series of radio buttons for >->hobbies/interests. What would be the best way to manage/store >these >->values? >->- >->-My initial thought was to create a table with a row for every >->hobby/interest item. Then, on the profile table, I was thinking of >->having a column that would collect a list of comma delimited values >->from the form, from 1 to the number of the hobby/interest items. >The >->list would basically match up, sequentially, to the key values of >the >->hobby/interest table. >->- >->-Is there a better way to go about this? >->- >->-Thanks to everyone for input! >->- >->-Joel >->- >->- >- >-So let's say that my form has 20 hobbies/interests. I would be >creating 20 entries in this middle table, correct? Is this going to >create a problem if I have hundreds of users? >- >-
Ah, i see now. Being "list-minded", I was assuming that non-selected hobbies would be entered into the mediator table...but obviously that would not be necessary. Thanks for explaining this for me---i really appreciate it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:288738 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
