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Table Relationship Question

Question: I need to develop a database in Access that should be simple to do... I'm stuck on one piece of the puzzle.

I have multiple devices that are connected to each other via physical ports and need to track what is connected to what via a port. For instance: Here is the table structure.

tbl_owner
--1 to Many --- tbl_building
----1-M tbl_floor
------1-M tbl_location
--------1-M tbl_device
-------------------->Port??? Connection???

Let's say location (3) has devices. VCR, TV, DVD

I need to track that device (VCR) port (VIDEO OUT) is connected to device (TV) VIDEO IN 3. etc... device (TV) can of course also be connected to device (DVD) via component video. This is only an example... The actual devices may contain as many as 50 ports that can be connected to many different devices at the same time (each port can only be connected to one device at a time )... I also need to track the wire label that connects each device port...any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
May 30 '07 #1
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MMcCarthy
14,534 Expert Mod 8TB
Have a look at this tutorial and see if it can help then come back with any questions.

Database Normalisation and Table structures
Jun 1 '07 #2

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