MySQL for holding User opinions

2001-07-10 Thread MeTeX
Hi right now I am just developeing a complex listing for 500+ applications over 20 tables per catigory, that is going to be hosted on my site. besides having the normal info such as: size, file name, datep ublished, staff comments, program rateing I wanted to include user opinions of it too.

Re: MySQL for holding User opinions

2001-07-10 Thread Werner Stuerenburg
What you described is the strategy to design good tables, called normalizing. You will find good articles on that subject and even whole books. There are several rules, but most only apply the first. The others are for the real masters or the real tough data models or performance questions. Sie s

Re: MySQL for holding User opinions

2001-07-11 Thread Gerald Clark
You would be better off having one table that contains userid, productid, catagory, comment. Then if you add a catagory you don't have to add a table. You can select based on any combination of the above fields. MeTeX wrote: > Hi right now I am just developeing a complex listing for 500+ > app