On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 03:51:00PM -0700, Gary Bickford wrote:
>
> Personal data databases often seem to have variable information that
> doesn't fit all that well in relational databases. For example,
> multiple phone numbers for different purposes.
Create a table with three columns.
(1) And id to refer back to a "person" with.
(2) An enum column with values like ('Work', 'Home', 'Cell') etc.
(3) The phone number.
Simple. Relational. Managable.
Jeremy
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