Many columns (as FK) vs 3x more Columns (in the same table)
| From: | Bruno Sandivilli | Date: | Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:52:25 +0000 |
| Subject: | Many columns (as FK) vs 3x more Columns (in the same table) | ||
| Groups: | php.db | ||
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Hi, i strugling to decide what is the best choice:
I have a 15 row x 3 columns Flash DataGrid, it means, for each row i have 3
values.
To represent this in my Database, I could:
1. Create 2 Tables : A Values table - with 3 columns ; and a Bill table
(with 15 foreign keys, each one pointing to one row in the Values table).
2. Create one Table with 45 columns (15 fields * 3 values for each
field).
I want to know, wich is the best choice?
To manage my query, now i have a SELECT with a thousand of leftJoins.
This is the best choice?
How could I run a query wich will give all results linked, like:
( column_1_val_1, column_1_val_2, column_1_val_2,
column_2_val_1, column_1_val_2, column_1_val_3,
etc...) ?
Thanks!