Re: [PHP-DB] array field type

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"Sancar Saran" <sancar.saran@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:200703050015.50252.sancar.saran@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Sunday 04 March 2007 23:04, Sancar Saran wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want to know is there any db server around there for store php arrays
>> natively.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Sancar
> Thanks for responses, it seems I have to give more info about situation.
>
> In my current project, we had tons of arrays. They are very deep and
> unpredictable nested arrays.
>
> Currently we are using serialize/unserialize and it seems it comes with 
> own
> cpu cost. Xdebug shows some serializing cost blips. Sure it was not SO BIG
> deal (for now of course).
>
> My db expertise covers a bit mysql and mysql does not have any array type
> field (enum just so simple).

Wrong! Take a look at the SET datatype 
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/set.html. This allows you to have an 
array of values in a single field, and the user can select any number of 
them.

-- 
Tony Marston
http://www.tonymarston.net
http://www.radicore.org

> I just want to know is there any way to keep array data type natively in a 
> sql
> field.
>
> Regards.
>
> Sancar 

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