Re: Several languages for content

2009-11-27 Thread Don Read
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:34:56 + Miguel Vaz said: > Hi, > > This is my first post, and could use some points of view on the subject. > Have a project that will have several languages for its records, for places, > for example, whose names and descriptions will be in 3 languages. > > Have alrea

Re: Several languages for content

2009-11-27 Thread Elizabeth Mattijsen
On Nov 27, 2009, at 6:17 PM, Miguel Vaz wrote: > My 3rd option seems to be the most simple, although i admit it doesnt sound > quite right. Having fixed table fields for languages doesnt seem correct. Well, it all depends. If you need to add a column later, you need to do an ALTER TABLE. In a p

Re: Several languages for content

2009-11-27 Thread Miguel Vaz
My 3rd option seems to be the most simple, although i admit it doesnt sound quite right. Having fixed table fields for languages doesnt seem correct. I can see disavantages in all 3 options, thats why i wanted to ask everybody's opinion on something like this, i mean, a assume that dealing with a

Re: Several languages for content

2009-11-27 Thread Engel Sanchez
I am really interested in the same answer... I am making a script.. and as I will only have 2 languages I decided to use you 3rd option (Fields for each language), because of less rows. But I really would like to know if there is a better approach to this. *eg. php function:* function getRecipe

Re: Several languages for content

2009-11-27 Thread Elizabeth Mattijsen
On Nov 27, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Miguel Vaz wrote: > This is my first post, and could use some points of view on the subject. > Have a project that will have several languages for its records, for places, > for example, whose names and descriptions will be in 3 languages. > > Have already read several

Several languages for content

2009-11-27 Thread Miguel Vaz
Hi, This is my first post, and could use some points of view on the subject. Have a project that will have several languages for its records, for places, for example, whose names and descriptions will be in 3 languages. Have already read several sites about it but always end up with several persp