On Monday, September 16, 2019 at 4:31:29 PM UTC-4, Ariel Juodziukynas wrote:
>
> Personally, I would do this:
>
> auctions table
> (with the basic shared information of all auctions and an "auction type"))
>
> properties table
> property_name (like network, carrier, publisher, etc)
> auction_type (like cellphone, book, etc)
>
> auctions_properties
> auction_id
> property_id
> value
>
> That way you can have any number of auction types with any number of 
> specific properties with just 3 tables.
>
> Note that the "value" column would be some string variation (VARCHAR, 
> CHAR, TEXT, etc) depending on your needs, maybe you want to redesign it a 
> little if you want to store different types. Like if you want to store an 
> integer (and retrieve an integer) you'll have to save the original type and 
> reparse it (you could use serialization but that requires a TEXT column and 
> maybe you can't use that many space)
>
> El lun., 16 sept. 2019 a las 17:19, fugee ohu (<fuge...@gmail.com 
> <javascript:>>) escribió:
>
>> I was looking at some auction projects that use a single listings table 
>> for all auctions but I know on auction sites the form will be different for 
>> different types of items like if you're selling a cell phone there'll be a 
>> form field for network, carrier, whatever and if you're selling a book 
>> there'll be form fields for publisher, year of publication,  so they would 
>> have separate tables I assume for books, cell phones, etc? Then how would 
>> they treat them all as one?
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How would I collect all the auction_propertes fields on a single form since 
they all represent additional records in the auction_properties table 

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