[thelist] DB Design question

[Bob Haroche]

I'm building an animal shelter web application which will will allow
an administrator to add animals to a database, including breed info. I
have a table called AnimalBreeds as so:

BreedID    BreedName
1               Golden Retriever
2               Yorkshire Terrier
3               Malumute


Next I've created a form which provides the interface to allow the
administrator to make any number of the possible breeds to be active
or inactive. Active means the breed is available for use when a new
animal is added. Inactive means that breed is not a choice. So, for
instance, if the shelter never receives Malumutes, that can be removed
from the active list of breeds to select from. The form consists of
two select boxes and buttons which allow which the user to move the
breed options btwn active/inactive status, as so:

Active Breeds (select box)             Inactive Breeds (select box)
Golden Retriever                  >       Malamute
Yorkshire Terrier                   <


Question: Assuming there will be a master of list of hundreds of
ptotential breeds (all inactive at the start) from which the admin
will make a few score active for regular use, what's a good way of
designing the (Access) database holding this information.

1. Adding an active/inactive column to the existing AnimalBreeds
table?
2. Creating an InactiveAnimalBreeds table and moving the records back
and forth between the two?
3. Something else?

Thanks in advance.

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Regards,
Bob Haroche
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