Sort of, you certainly could do it that way, but I think it would be less flexible and harder to maintain. If you did it that way every time you added a new contact you would then need to go back to the suppliers list and add them to the appropriate supplier.
If you add the lookup column to the contacts list, when you add a contact to the list you specify what supplier they are for at the same time as the rest of the data. Then you also have the ability to create views that use the supplier field on the contacts list (All contacts grouped by supplier, all the contacts for supplier X, All contacts in state X grouped by supplier, etc). Brian Farnhill L2 Consultant Technical Consulting Mobile: 0408 289 303 Fax: 02 8001 7778 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web: www.uniqueworld.net<http://www.uniqueworld.net> Blog: pointstoshare.spaces.live.com<http://pointstoshare.spaces.live.com/> [cid:image001.jpg@01C8F2F9.A3FBDD30] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FILMALTER Arno Sent: Thursday, 31 July 2008 10:17 AM To: listserver@ozMOSS.com Subject: RE: [OzMOSS] RE: Structuring Data in MOSS That's what I was thinking, separating the data entities and creating a list for each entity and then linking them together. Basically the same as designing tables but only using lists and content types instead. Suppliers List has lookup field to Supplier Contacts List with multiple selections allowed. Does that sound right? ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Farnhill Sent: Thursday, 31 July 2008 10:02 AM To: listserver@ozMOSS.com Subject: [OzMOSS] RE: Structuring Data in MOSS In my opinion it depends on how you are going to use the data once you have recorded it. Think about what the requirements are for how you plan to use the data and that should help you figure out how you should store it. If you want it is possible to break it up into different lists, one that has the suppliers, and one that has all the contacts and this list could have a look up field back to the supplier list to identify what supplier they are tied to. Then you could filter the contacts list per supplier to see a list of all contacts for a supplier, or show them grouped by supplier, or see all the contacts for all suppliers in each state (if you have a field for state), etc etc etc. Brian Farnhill L2 Consultant Technical Consulting Mobile: 0408 289 303 Fax: 02 8001 7778 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web: www.uniqueworld.net<http://www.uniqueworld.net> Blog: pointstoshare.spaces.live.com<http://pointstoshare.spaces.live.com/> [cid:image001.jpg@01C8F2F9.A3FBDD30] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FILMALTER Arno Sent: Thursday, 31 July 2008 9:42 AM To: listserver@ozMOSS.com Subject: [OzMOSS] Structuring Data in MOSS Hi Everyone This is just a question of best practices a guess... If I have data like supplier information which I need to capture in MOSS, do I use normal database design principles to outline the columns and types within MOSS or do I just add the required fields into one list or content type? Example: A supplier has name, telno, address ect. But also has Contacts associated to them. With normal database design you will separate the two because it has a one to many relationship between suppliers and supplier contacts. But in MOSS you may add these contacts with their detail in one multi line field within the list or content type. Is there any article or blog that discusses this? My personal opinion is to go with the traditional database design principles. I would really want to know what's been done out there. Regards Arno ***************************** Disclaimer ***************************** The contents of this electronic message and any attachments are intended only for the addressee and may contain privileged or confidential information. 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