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Re: set datatype
Posted by: Peter Brawley
Date: April 02, 2007 09:35PM

Storing multiple values like "1;2;5;7"in a column tends to create all sorts of mischief, since it breaks a fundamental rule of database design--atomicity, one data point per cell. You appear to need a child table for subproducts.

PB

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Steve Moore
April 02, 2007 12:56PM
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April 02, 2007 09:35PM
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April 05, 2007 10:28AM
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