On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 04:30:26PM -0700, Marc Mims wrote:
> * Steve Francia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070626 16:00]:
> > Sadly, that is the way we had it, we decided to switch to using the
> > owner flag to try to eliminate duplication of data in the database.
>
> At least in the problem you presented, I don't see the data duplication
> problem with a foreign key to the user table in the picture table. The
> key itself would exist in both the picture table and the user_picture
> table, but I think that is a natural consequence of the relationships.
Actually, I'd probably have the owner_id be part of a compound FK to
user_picture rather than user - enforces that that link exists ...
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