On 9/15/04 10:51 PM, "Chris" <tclug at cmulcahy.com> wrote:

> You do have the problem of varchar/integer values.  On the
> workout_attribute table, you can store another column which identifies
> what type of data you are storing, then in the join_workout_attribute
> table, you would have two value columns, one for integer, one for
> varchar.  You could use PostgreSQL rules to make sure you don't
> accidentally stuff a value into the integer column when the attribute
> should be a varchar.

Chris, thanks again for the helpful information. One note: I am using MySQL
for this project. I thought it would be good to get a little experience with
that RDBMS.

-Tim

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