Hi all. In the process of trying to figure this thing out, I've been
doing the old "stand around in the store and read as much as possible
before you look like a derelict" thing. This time, with the O'Reilly
"Managing and Using SQL" (I think that's it).
Anyway, I was looking at a chapter discussing database design (without
any direct reference to impementations in MySQL), and they mention
Obj/Relationaldesign as a way to have a many-to-many relationship. I'm
wondering if they're trying to imply that there are different ways to
implement a many to many. In my bkgnd, I would assume that in any
many-to-many you have to have the joining table, and there's not much
else to do but go to it and select all the rows that have the key
you're interested in.
This is why I'm looking for books... I assume that there's some
MySQL-specific "flavor" to design that I'm unaware of.
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"It's beyond my ken... and my Barbie, and all of my action figures."