Answer by Sunil Anand for What is the proper way to store 'metadata' in...
You can create two new tables:1) Defining multiple asset attributes in the following table (as many as the asset may have)asset_idasset_attributeasset_value2) asset_attribute...
View ArticleAnswer by Burleigh Bear for What is the proper way to store 'metadata' in...
When I've been faced with this in the past, the "best" answer always ends up varying depending on how much processing I want to do in the database, vs how much in the client code. For what it's worth,...
View ArticleAnswer by Bill Karwin for What is the proper way to store 'metadata' in...
I'd recommend putting the common attributes like cost in conventional column. Then add one more column in which you put a serialized collection of all the other variable asset attributes.CREATE TABLE...
View ArticleAnswer by Nik Kashi for What is the proper way to store 'metadata' in...
You can add another table for asset_metadataasset_metadataasset_metadata_id,asset_id,metadata_name,metadata_valueif you want to normalize and categorize the metadata, normalize it to this...
View ArticleAnswer by Martin Petransky for What is the proper way to store 'metadata' in...
I would suggest this:assets ( id asset_type_id vendor_id cost purchase_date)asset_poperties ( id asset_id asset_property_type_id value)asset_property_types ( id property_type)asset_types ( id...
View ArticleWhat is the proper way to store 'metadata' in relational database?
I have a table called assets, where an asset can belong to a user,team, or division, and possibly multiple of each. My issue is that the assets are highly variable, and can have properties associated...
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