I'm building a new clipart site. I need to have keyword searching. I'm seeking opinions about table design. Here are my proposed options. If anyone has any other suggestions, please make them.
Option One Related tables. Table one (clipart pieces) contains ClipartID and ClipartName fields. Table two (keywords) contains KeywordID, ClipartID and Keyword fields. This option will create an incredibly large related table (keywords) with each piece of clipart having tens of related fields in the keyword table. But, searching ought to be fast. Option Two Single table. Table one (clipart pieces) contains ClipartID, ClipartName and Keywords fields. The Keywords field would be a long text field that would be searched with a full-text search. Searching and maintenance would be easier but would searching be slowed down significantly? Please provide any input you have and make any alternate suggestions. Robb Kerr Digital IGUANA -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
