Re: storing serialized() data in the db -> can it be queried on?
| From: | Bob Hall | Date: | Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:29:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: storing serialized() data in the db -> can it be queried on? | ||
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On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 09:39:43AM -0400, Matt Babineau wrote:
> Hi All-
>
> I don't think that this is possible but maybe through some custom
> function perhaps? I am storing data in a database, and it is an Array
> (in PHP) so I serialized it for storage. I want to be able to query that
> data and be able to do something like WHERE thisField = 'john'. the
> field 'thisField' though would need to be pointing to the first element
> in the Array, which I don't think is possible. Has anyone run into this
> before?
Unless there's a really powerful overriding reason, the best solution is
to have a seperate table for the array, with a foreign key that points
back to the record in the original table. That will make retrieving data
a lot easier; e.g. you can do a query with a join and
"WHERE thisField = 'john'".
Bob Hall