Re: [GENERAL] Table filter

2007-11-21 Thread Joe Conway
Reg Me Please wrote: Il Wednesday 21 November 2007 20:22:46 Joe Conway ha scritto: Reg Me Please wrote: The meaning is that an entity called by the value of "item" has a number of properties called by "property" with value "prop_value". So, for a single "item" there can be many different "prope

Re: [GENERAL] Table filter

2007-11-21 Thread Reg Me Please
Il Wednesday 21 November 2007 20:22:46 Joe Conway ha scritto: > Reg Me Please wrote: > > The meaning is that an entity called by the value of "item" has a number > > of properties called by "property" with value "prop_value". > > So, for a single "item" there can be many different "property" each w

Re: [GENERAL] Table filter

2007-11-21 Thread Joe Conway
Reg Me Please wrote: The meaning is that an entity called by the value of "item" has a number of properties called by "property" with value "prop_value". So, for a single "item" there can be many different "property" each with its own value. A filter is a list of property values needed to qua

Re: [GENERAL] Table filter

2007-11-21 Thread Reg Me Please
Il Wednesday 21 November 2007 16:41:03 Rodrigo De León ha scritto: > On Nov 21, 2007 9:21 AM, Reg Me Please <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > I've the following concept. > > > > This smells like EAV. > > Please read > > http://joecelkothesqlapprentice.blogspot.com/2006/04/using-one-ta

Re: [GENERAL] Table filter

2007-11-21 Thread Rodrigo De León
On Nov 21, 2007 9:21 AM, Reg Me Please <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all. > > I've the following concept. This smells like EAV. Please read http://joecelkothesqlapprentice.blogspot.com/2006/04/using-one-table-vs-many.html and consider reevaluating the schema according to valid relational de

[GENERAL] Table filter

2007-11-21 Thread Reg Me Please
Hi all. I've the following concept. create table t_data ( property text, item int8, prop_value text ); (I've cut some fields away needed only for data history). The meaning is that an entity called by the value of "item" has a number of properties called by "property" with value "prop_value"