Re: table design question

2015-07-29 Thread Richard Reina
ls. > > PB > > Original Message > From: "Richard Reina" > Reply-To: "Richard Reina" > Date: 07/29/15 10:19 AM > To: "mysql@lists.mysql.com" > Cc: > Sub: table design question > If I were to create a database table(s) to tract most

Re: table design question

2015-07-29 Thread shawn l.green
Hi Richard, On 7/29/2015 10:19 AM, Richard Reina wrote: If I were to create a database table(s) to tract most common repairs to different appliances I can't decide if it would be better to create one table with a long ENUM column that contains repairs that could be attributed to any appliance or

table design question

2015-07-29 Thread Richard Reina
If I were to create a database table(s) to tract most common repairs to different appliances I can't decide if it would be better to create one table with a long ENUM column that contains repairs that could be attributed to any appliance or different repair tables for each appliance. All the tables

Re: table design question

2011-09-21 Thread Jan Steinman
> From: Richard Reina > > I want to create a US geography database. So far I have categories such as > state nick names (some states have more than one), state mottos (text 25 to > 150 characters), state name origins (100-300 characters), state "trivial > facts", entry into union. My question is

Re: table design question

2011-09-19 Thread Richard Reina
Thank you very much for all the insightful advice. I will keep the separated. 2011/9/19 Jerry Schwartz > >-Original Message- > >From: Richard Reina [mailto:gatorre...@gmail.com] > >Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 9:55 AM > >To: mysql@lists.mysql.com > >

Re: table design question

2011-09-19 Thread Johnny Withers
I would design three tables: Table1 (states): ID, name, abbreviation Table2 (state_item): ID, state_id (from states), item_id (from item_type), item_value (varchar) Table3 (item_type): ID, item_name Into the item_type table you can insert: Nick Name Motto Name origin Facts SomeOtherDataPoint S

RE: table design question

2011-09-19 Thread Jerry Schwartz
>-Original Message- >From: Richard Reina [mailto:gatorre...@gmail.com] >Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 9:55 AM >To: mysql@lists.mysql.com >Subject: table design question > >I want to create a US geography database. So far I have categories such as >state nick name

table design question

2011-09-19 Thread Richard Reina
I want to create a US geography database. So far I have categories such as state nick names (some states have more than one), state mottos (text 25 to 150 characters), state name origins (100-300 characters), state "trivial facts", entry into union. My question is; would it be better to keep at le

Table design question

2010-08-25 Thread Tompkins Neil
Hi, I'm creating a application which hosts football matches and I want to record the player appearances, goals etc. I was thinking of having a record for each player as follows : appearance_id season_id player_id team_id competition_id appearance goals yellow_card red_card date_played Is this t

Table design question

2005-11-02 Thread Karam Chand
Hi, A very simple question. I have two products at our website and i would like to keep track of how many of each softwares were downloaded daily. I am planning to create the following table: id - auto_incr date_of_download - data product_name - enum value containing the two products Then I pla

Re: Product Table Design Question

2005-06-03 Thread SGreen
Mark Sargent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/03/2005 03:04:23 AM: > Hi All, > I'm not sure the best design approach for a product table for a number > of different hardware devices. Some devices have IP, Port, CPU, Memory > specs, whilst some don't. Current desing is below. > Products: > product

Product Table Design Question

2005-06-03 Thread Mark Sargent
Hi All, I'm not sure the best design approach for a product table for a number of different hardware devices. Some devices have IP, Port, CPU, Memory specs, whilst some don't. Current desing is below. Products: product_id product_name maker_id controller_id product_type_id product_model_numbe

Re: table design question

2004-01-29 Thread James M Moe
rmck wrote: I have "ip_address" and "ports" that I want to use in my table. I was just going to make each one a varchar. But was wondering if anyone has a better suggestion? Should I use int for "ports", which will have an index. Not sure how to store "ip_address". Use a varchar for the IP add

Re: table design question

2004-01-29 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Mark Matthews wrote: Jochem van Dieten wrote: rmck said: I have "ip_address" and "ports" that I want to use in my table. I was just going to make each one a varchar. But was wondering if anyone has a better suggestion? PostgreSQL ;-) It has a native datatype for storing IP addresses. That means th

Re: table design question

2004-01-29 Thread Mark Matthews
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jochem van Dieten wrote: > rmck said: > >>I have "ip_address" and "ports" that I want to use in my table. I >>was just going to make each one a varchar. But was wondering if >>anyone has a better suggestion? > > > PostgreSQL ;-) > > It has a native da

Re: table design question

2004-01-29 Thread Jochem van Dieten
rmck said: > I have "ip_address" and "ports" that I want to use in my table. I > was just going to make each one a varchar. But was wondering if > anyone has a better suggestion? PostgreSQL ;-) It has a native datatype for storing IP addresses. That means that things like sorting and subnet inclu

table design question

2004-01-29 Thread rmck
I have "ip_address" and "ports" that I want to use in my table. I was just going to make each one a varchar. But was wondering if anyone has a better suggestion? Should I use int for "ports", which will have an index. Not sure how to store "ip_address". This table has the possibility of having