Better way of doing this? (menu and submenus)

Hello, First off, I admit this is not going to be as interesting as the "helping someone" thread, and hopefully there is not going to be any talk of DDOS or flaming :-p Ok, here goes, I have never done anything _exactly_ like this but since typo 3 has this kind of functionality (and i have never used typo 3 myself) I'm guessing some of you would be able to help me out, or guide me...If i'm wrong, just ignore this thread. Heres what i have; I have a table with the main (parent) categories and another table with the sub-categories (children) which will/is supposed to be "compiled" into a navigation menu and then be displayed on the left side of each and every page on the site. There are around 15 parents and X children under each parent, children content have upto 10 links on their own pages. I was thinking of passing three valiables on each page for the above: parent_id (int) display_children (1=yes 0=no) active_sub-menu (string or int, depending on the DB structure) and accordingly build and display the menu. Am I on the right track or missing something? Advise, links and suggestions welcome. Thanks! Ryan ------ - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com