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Re: Best data type to store lists?
Posted by: Peter Brawley
Date: July 02, 2021 07:57AM

> What is the best way to store a group of employeeIDs on one event record?

You don't. It would break the atomicity rule, the first rule of RDBMSs, one unit of data per cell. If you're going to design a database, you need at least rudimentary knowledge of relational databases, read a primer eg ...

https://www.artfulsoftware.com/mysqlbook/sampler/mysqled1ch01.html

https://www.artfulsoftware.com/dbdesignbasics.html

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