On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Kranthi Krishna <kranthi117@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > Say I have an object like > > array > schoolName => string > board => array > string > string > > I generally create two MySql tables > > schools: id PRIMARY KEY, SchoolName > boards: id FOREGIN KEY refers Table A(id), board > > and then do two selects. The problem is that, the number of selects > increase as the number of one-to-many relationships increase. > > Is there a better way to do this ? I have to extend an existing code > so I cannot use any libraries like doctrine > > Kranthi. > http://goo.gl/e6t3 You should look up at SQL joins. They will do what you want. - Matijn -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php