Tedd Thanks for your response, perhaps I was completely missing this or my powers of expanation have gone out the window. I have found a solution and I am going to put it in its own post. Thanks again. gary "tedd" <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:p0624080ac7e9123f4856@[192.168.1.102]... > At 11:05 AM -0400 4/12/10, Gary wrote: > -snip- >>If normalization is so important, why is it that the INSERT INTO multiple >>tables is not a standard command or procedure?. > > In my view, you are mixing apples and oranges. > > "Normalization" is simply cutting down on repetition. Inserting data into > multiple tables is a different critter -- it doesn't make "Normalization" > any better or worse. > > Just figure out what data you need to acquire, what tables you need to > store it in, and then what references you need to what tables/fields to > use it while reducing repetition. > > For example if you have a customer table, you don't need to add all the > customer data to each sales receipt (sales table) when you can simply > record the customer's ID. > > Likewise with the items that are sold, you don't need to include all the > items attributes in the sales receipt (sales table) when you can simply > record the items' ID. > > None of the above requires some special way to inserting data into > multiple tables -- you just record the sales. > > Sales table > > Sales ID -- Customer ID -- Item ID -- and probably the date. > 1234 -- 6789 -- 101112131415 -- 4/12/10 > > Cheers, > > tedd > > > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 5022 (20100412) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5023 (20100412) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
