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Quick terminology question

What is the technical name or the name most commonly used for the below?

United Kingdom >Wiltshire >Trowbridge

Basically you have a table like:
category_id, parent_category_id, category_name

Sure it has name from a fairy tale but for the life of me I can't remember.
I keep thinking daisy chaining but I know it's not. Is it something from
Hansel and Gretal?

Please put me out of my misery.

Cheers

Phil

Nov 1 '07 #1
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"Phil Latio" <ph********@f-in-stupid.co.ukwrote in message
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What is the technical name or the name most commonly used for the below?

United Kingdom >Wiltshire >Trowbridge

Basically you have a table like:
category_id, parent_category_id, category_name

Sure it has name from a fairy tale but for the life of me I can't
remember.
I keep thinking daisy chaining but I know it's not. Is it something from
Hansel and Gretal?

Please put me out of my misery.
a hierarchy?

other than that, your example just looks like a menu path. :)
Nov 1 '07 #2
Phil Latio says...
What is the technical name or the name most commonly used for the below?

United Kingdom >Wiltshire >Trowbridge
Sure it has name from a fairy tale but for the life of me I can't remember.
I keep thinking daisy chaining but I know it's not. Is it something from
Hansel and Gretal?
Bread crumb navigation.

GM
Nov 1 '07 #3
Phil Latio wrote:
What is the technical name or the name most commonly used for the below?

United Kingdom >Wiltshire >Trowbridge

Basically you have a table like:
category_id, parent_category_id, category_name

Sure it has name from a fairy tale but for the life of me I can't remember.
I keep thinking daisy chaining but I know it's not. Is it something from
Hansel and Gretal?

Please put me out of my misery.
Link list?

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Nothing he's got he really needs
Twenty first century schizoid man.
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Nov 1 '07 #4
yes, it is a fairy tale! this is a breadcrumb trail

"Phil Latio" <ph********@f-in-stupid.co.ukwrote in message
news:EB********************@fe04.news.easynews.com ...
What is the technical name or the name most commonly used for the below?

United Kingdom >Wiltshire >Trowbridge

Basically you have a table like:
category_id, parent_category_id, category_name

Sure it has name from a fairy tale but for the life of me I can't
remember.
I keep thinking daisy chaining but I know it's not. Is it something from
Hansel and Gretal?

Please put me out of my misery.

Cheers

Phil



Nov 1 '07 #5
Geoff Muldoon wrote:
Phil Latio says...
>What is the technical name or the name most commonly used for the below?

United Kingdom >Wiltshire >Trowbridge
>Sure it has name from a fairy tale but for the life of me I can't remember.
I keep thinking daisy chaining but I know it's not. Is it something from
Hansel and Gretal?

Bread crumb navigation.

GM
I've never heard this term before, although I'm sure it's what the OP is
looking for. If it is true, I don't see how this makes sense.

cat_id -cat_parent -cat

How does that relate to a trail? I agree that from start to finish it's
possible to have many alternate paths leading to other "cats", but in
the sense of navigating via a pre-made (bread crumb) trail would be more
of a direct path.

I don't know why I'm thinking so much of this. haha.
Nov 1 '07 #6
They are called breadcrumbs.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadcrumb_(navigation)


Nov 1 '07 #7
On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:52:33 +0100, Chris Gorospe <ch***@ekast.comwrote:
Geoff Muldoon wrote:
>Phil Latio says...
>>What is the technical name or the name most commonly used for the
below?

United Kingdom >Wiltshire >Trowbridge
>>Sure it has name from a fairy tale but for the life of me I can't
remember.
I keep thinking daisy chaining but I know it's not. Is it something
from
Hansel and Gretal?
Bread crumb navigation.
GM
I've never heard this term before, although I'm sure it's what the OP is
looking for. If it is true, I don't see how this makes sense.

cat_id -cat_parent -cat
As a breadcurmb, it doesn't make sense, no.
How does that relate to a trail? I agree that from start to finish it's
possible to have many alternate paths leading to other "cats", but in
the sense of navigating via a pre-made (bread crumb) trail would be more
of a direct path.
Hmm, I don't really get what you're saying. While there are several ways
to enter a particular page on a site (internal links, external links,
navigation menu), I'd say a breadcrumb trail should reflect where the page
is found in the navigation. So it's not the way the user got there, rather
it is the way you expect people to find is using navigation.

Let's say for instance I do a Google search for "SELECT SYNTAX", and I
follow one of the links given. Quickly I realise this is the SELECT SYNTAX
explained of MSSQL, while I actually meant PostgreSQL. I should have
entered that in the search offcourse. However, I see a breadcrumb trail
above this page stating:
databases -MSSQL -Syntax -Select

If the site is formatted properly/attractive and seems rather clear,
rather then return to the search engine I'd be tempted to click the link
'databases', to check wether PostgreSQL is an option there..
--
Rik Wasmus
Nov 1 '07 #8
Bread crumb navigation.

.... and the winner is Geoff who wins a year's supply of virtual beer. Many
thanks.

Cheers

Phil


Nov 1 '07 #9

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