Re: Database Repopulation
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
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texte = Good Afternoon Alan (from my part of the world) :-) I don=E2=80=99t feel insulted or anything alike if you do it your= way :-)))) I have done for years with databases what you are doing, but afte= r some time of building tones of solutions and afterwards adding=20= or removing records I have come to start using cross dbs. But as I said, do what works the best way for you. I myself tend=20= to always do more work upfront, but then I don=E2=80=99t have to=20= rework later on! Have a nice morning. Nitai -- Redakto - Content Management that simply works Content Management & eBusiness Systems ComputerOil=C2=AE AG Dammstrasse 7 5400 Baden / Switzerland Telefon +41 (0)844 44 55 66 info@computeroil.com http://computeroil.com -----Original Message----- From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com] On Beh= alf Of Alan White Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 11:47 AM To: WebDNA Talk Subject: Re: Database Repopulation Good morning Nitai. I think I can maybe be sneaky and attach gender to brands first (= seeing as I built it before going down the gender on item route) but by=20= adding this to each brand I would then in theory be able to reverse look= up the products in those categories and tag a gender onto them / populat= e a cross.db. If I was to be honest I would have to own up and say t= hat I have added gender to the base product as I think it can be classe= d as specific to a product (ie the same for all colour size variations= ). I tested it and it seems to have worked but I am unsure as to how normalised this is? The reason I made this base products database was to normalise th= e process of adding products to the products database, I only ever=20= enter descriptions, price, (and now gender too) product title etc once= and I may have 20 variations of a product so this method works very wel= l (as before this was a nightmare). Is this an acceptable use of databases / the right way of doing t= his? I dont want to sound like I am ignoring your advice about the cross= ..db by the way, this just seems like the most logical place to put gende= r i.e. at the point where I am adding a product. I look forward to your reply. Regards Alan Nitai @ ComputerOil wrote: >That process, the one of filling the data, may it be an extra fi= eldname in your products db or a cross db, can not be automated.=20= Unless you already have some sort of way of identifying the produ= ct already for being a male/female product!?! > >We have created for such things complete administration template= s where our customers could refer to other products or cross refe= rencing their products to many categories in our systems, but sti= ll the process can not be automated. > >Nitai > >-- >Redakto - Content Management that simply works >Content Management & eBusiness Systems > >ComputerOil=C2=AE AG >Dammstrasse 7 >5400 Baden / Switzerland >Telefon +41 (0)844 44 55 66 > >info@computeroil.com >http://computeroil.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Good Afternoon Alan (from my part of the world) :-) I don=E2=80=99t feel insulted or anything alike if you do it your= way :-)))) I have done for years with databases what you are doing, but afte= r some time of building tones of solutions and afterwards adding=20= or removing records I have come to start using cross dbs. But as I said, do what works the best way for you. I myself tend=20= to always do more work upfront, but then I don=E2=80=99t have to=20= rework later on! Have a nice morning. Nitai -- Redakto - Content Management that simply works Content Management & eBusiness Systems ComputerOil=C2=AE AG Dammstrasse 7 5400 Baden / Switzerland Telefon +41 (0)844 44 55 66 info@computeroil.com http://computeroil.com -----Original Message----- From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com] On Beh= alf Of Alan White Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 11:47 AM To: WebDNA Talk Subject: Re: Database Repopulation Good morning Nitai. I think I can maybe be sneaky and attach gender to brands first (= seeing as I built it before going down the gender on item route) but by=20= adding this to each brand I would then in theory be able to reverse look= up the products in those categories and tag a gender onto them / populat= e a cross.db. If I was to be honest I would have to own up and say t= hat I have added gender to the base product as I think it can be classe= d as specific to a product (ie the same for all colour size variations= ). I tested it and it seems to have worked but I am unsure as to how normalised this is? The reason I made this base products database was to normalise th= e process of adding products to the products database, I only ever=20= enter descriptions, price, (and now gender too) product title etc once= and I may have 20 variations of a product so this method works very wel= l (as before this was a nightmare). Is this an acceptable use of databases / the right way of doing t= his? I dont want to sound like I am ignoring your advice about the cross= ..db by the way, this just seems like the most logical place to put gende= r i.e. at the point where I am adding a product. I look forward to your reply. Regards Alan Nitai @ ComputerOil wrote: >That process, the one of filling the data, may it be an extra fi= eldname in your products db or a cross db, can not be automated.=20= Unless you already have some sort of way of identifying the produ= ct already for being a male/female product!?! > >We have created for such things complete administration template= s where our customers could refer to other products or cross refe= rencing their products to many categories in our systems, but sti= ll the process can not be automated. > >Nitai > >-- >Redakto - Content Management that simply works >Content Management & eBusiness Systems > >ComputerOil=C2=AE AG >Dammstrasse 7 >5400 Baden / Switzerland >Telefon +41 (0)844 44 55 66 > >info@computeroil.com >http://computeroil.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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