[thelist] an array of values in a MySQL table?

[phil]

on 27/3/01 2:56 pm, Ron Thigpen at rthigpen at nc.rr.com wrote:

> Why not use a simple join table (say issue_news_tbl)?  Define it with two
> fields:
> your article news_tbl ID and issue_tbl ID.  Make the combination of these
> fields the
> Primary Key for this table.  Pulling article ID's for a give issues is a
> simple
> query:
> 
> SELECT from issue_news_tbl
> WHERE news_id = thisNews_id

ah this makes a bit more sense, creating a junction table between the two
others, cheers Ron I shall give it a go. I did think of duplicating each row
for each type of issue but it didn't prove efficient as each row included a
lengthy text article.
> 
> OR do a JOIN across the three tables.

right, may have to consult my mysql book on how this works again.
> 
> Don't work so hard, let the db do the lifting.
> 
absolutely, the less coding or chin-scratching I need to do the better!


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