RE: [PHP-DB] Re: enum !!

First normal form (1NF), A table in which the intersection of every column and record contains one, and only one, value. -----Original Message----- From: Hugh Bothwell [mailto:hugh_bothwell@hotmail.com] Sent: 16 July 2001 19:21 To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP-DB] Re: enum !! "McShen" <hshen@crosswinds.net> wrote in message news:20010716174257.47906.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > how do i store multiple data in one field? > i have a table like this > > +-------+-------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | > +-------+-------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > | test | enum('a','b','c') | YES | | NULL | | > +-------+-------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > > insert into test values('a','b','c'); doens't work. please > help Your query is mixed up; 'test' is the field name, not the table name, and I think you want to put the values into three separate records, not one... Try INSERT INTO tablename ( test ) VALUES ( 'a' ), ( 'b'), ('c'), (''); This should get you four records, with 'test' values of a, b, c, and null. If you want to store more than one value in the same record, you should be looking at sets, not enums. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net