Re: [GENERAL] arrays

On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Josh Berkus wrote:

>
> Question #1: If each record has 67 fields, and each field may appear in
> several languages, is it possible for some fields to be in more languages
> than others? I.e. if "title-en" and "title-de" exist, does it follow that
> "content-en" and "content-de" exist as well? Or not?

yes.

>
> Question #2: Does your XML schema allow locall defined attributes? That is,
> do some records have entire attributes ("fields" ) that other records do not?

yes.

>
> Suggestion #1: Joe Celko's "SQL for Smarties, 2nd Ed." is an excellent book
> for giving you ideas on how to adapt SQL structures to odd purposes.

I have ordered the book from amazon.ca

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