On 20/07/10 18:14, Rikard Bosnjakovic wrote:
> However, I feel that this design is the same design I seem to use for
> all my databases, and in the end I always find that I designed them
> wrong from the beginning. The table "components" feels like that one
> is going to be locked into a corner; i
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 03:51, Craig Ringer wrote:
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> You've hit one of those areas where SQL databases kind of suck. You'll
> have to use one of the well understood workarounds like EAV and live
> with their limitations, or find a database better suited to the data.
Thanks for the feedback
On 03/07/10 02:43, Rikard Bosnjakovic wrote:
> However, the table that really makes me cringe in fear of un-knowledge
> is this one: parameters. A parameter for a component can be something
> that tells the designer that it must exceed a specific amount of
> voltage. It's also got a unit. For exam