A.J., It sounds good to me! You can be a little confused but you did it well, It seems you have all you need there.
A) Yes B) select * from articles A left join article_types AT on A.article_type = AT.article_types_id Claudio 2009/9/11 AndrewJames <andrewhu...@gmail.com> > This is a bit of a long shot, but i really need some help and or directed > to the best reading resources. > > as i begun building my database (as i went along), i now realise i have to > stop coding and sit back and design the database properly before i can go > on. > > However i am still unable to wrap my head around what data to put into what > tables, and which columns i need to link to make the relationships. so far, > here is what i have. > > TABLES: > > users > -uid(pk) > -username > -password > > articles > -article_id(pk) > -uid(fk) > -article_type(fk) > -article_subject > -article_body > > article_types > -article_types_id(pk) > -article_type > > So i want the user to be able to login and add articles. > > I then want to be able to view all the articles the user has submitted. > > So in my understanding i need to link the users.uid(pk) to the > articles.uid(fk) (so i know which user the article belongs to, please > correct and update me if i am wrong) > > I am stuck at this point. > > A) Have i created the right tables and columns for each table, AND > B) How do i link the articles.article_type to articles_type.type? (IF in > fact that is even the correct linkage)?? > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=claudio.na...@gmail.com > > -- Claudio
