Re: Help needed with fixed size table database design!

2002-09-20 Thread Brent Baisley
One mistake that I see happen a lot in database design is that people get stuck in visualizing the data in physical terms along with the labels we attach to them. You should try to think more generically. Freezer, box, building, tube, etc. are all just labels assigned to locations. In your cas

Re: Help needed with fixed size table database design!

2002-09-19 Thread Arjen Lentz
Hi, On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 08:30, Csaba Kiss wrote: > this is my first mail to the mailing last, since I am new to the mysql > world. I would like to create a "cell-bank" mysql database. We freeze > down cells in small tubes. These tubes are stored in boxes and the > boxes are in big freezer