I'm trying to figure out how can I do this: I'm designing a mysql db for a delivery service, and I encounter a problem each item delivered has a code associated and it also does some querys in other associated tables, I mean:
Prod ID = 11 Prod = Pizza RecipeID=01 REcipe has the ingredients and each time a prod is ordered all the ingredients are added to a day total. I mean the employee enters the code for Pizza, then it adds the pizza individual ingredients to the day total, there are also combined orders, my problem is which is the best way to create an associated table with each of the item ingredients (they have to be editable), because they have unique recipes that are modifiable. I mean Products Recipes -------------------------------- ------------------------ ------------- ProdId Name ... (other fields) RecID Desc 01 Pizza 11 Pizza and here is my problem RecipesDesc RecId Item qty estcost .... 11 Flour .... 11 Tomato .... each item must be edited so RecId will be repeated for many times, so by the end of the day if I want to know how much flour was spent I will have the same ingredient repeated all over in different recipes, which is the best way to overcome this ? I couldn't figure it out, Thank you, Ricardo Fitzgerald Web Developer __________________________________________________________________ Omni ICQ#: 37031810 Current ICQ status: + More ways to contact me __________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
