If you're using a flatfile, you're going to end up
with small loops to "look up" information unless you
store it all as record ID numbers. For example, user
ID becomes a record ID number, so you can look it up
in your hash:
$username = $users{$id}{'name'}
--- Mike Southern < gb1198%40cox.net">gb1198
cox.net> wrote:
> > The problem with this design is that there's no
> information other than id's,
> > and a list of reference numbers wouldnt mean much
>; to the end user. I could
> > put in duplicate data from the profile tables,
> like username, etc., but that
>; > would go against normalization.
User Interface design blog
http://user-advocacy.blogspot.com/
Code:
esign::UI::Consulting
http://www.dionysius.com/
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