Jason Pruim wrote:
I know you are all probably thinking "What does this have to do with
PHP?" and in reality... It's probably stretching it a little bit...
BUT I am in the process of writing a blog software (Yes I'm aware of
all the open source, and paid stuff out there... I'm doing this to
learn :)) I am looking at adding "categories" to my blog posts so I
can organize my drivel into something that looks somewhat
professional, or at the very least, organized so you can filter out
all the crap...
What I'm wondering about though, is would it be better from a database
design stand point to do a database field for "categories" and then in
there put "Personal", "Business", "Crap I found funny" Basically 1
database field for all the categories I decide to use. OR should I go
the other route and do 1 database field for each category?
Give categories their own table, then it's simplistic to add more. Hard
coding it as a column undermines the point of joins in SQL and makes
your database design suck, not to mention your application ;)
This is going to be a small blog to start, but I guess I should always
be looking at performance, security, & maintainability right?
Always.
I did read the post that tedd put up about looking at storing
variables differently and am considering going that route... But just
wanted to know what you all think :)
Table!
Oh.... I'm also not expecting to have more then 4 or 5 categories at
the most.... Unless I release the blog to the public and take
wordpress down :P
It's not what you expect, it's what your users expect that counts. Learn
that and your software will be usable.
So any help would be greatly appreciated :)
:)
Cheers,
Rob.
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