| From: | missive(at)frontiernet(dot)net (Lee Harr) |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: design |
| Date: | 2001-01-30 23:31:36 |
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On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:35:21 -0500, Jeff <jeff4e(at)rochester(dot)rr(dot)com> wrote:
>I have a design question. Lets say we want to keep track of users and
>their respective snail mail addresses. Each user can have up to 4
>different mailing address. Is it better to have all this information in
>one table. Or is it better to have a user table and an address table,
>and have the user id as a foreign key in the address table?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jeff
>
The second option sounds much better to me.
Imagine trying to find out how many addresses each user has:
With everything in one table... tough one.
With all addresses in their own table and keyed by user id... simple.
I am sure you can find other reasons too.
Lee Harr
missive(at)hotmail(dot)com
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