I don't have a solid grasp on the concepts of normalization, and particularly creating database relationships. So I guess I inadvertently created a good example to learn from because I have been "normalizing" by coding repetitive columns into a separate table such as table "Size". However, it seems I am incorrectly trying to create a relationship by inserting it back into the "Cars" table, when I should be joining the two tables as Skeeve suggested above?

I think my lack of experience prevents me from understanding the implications of these schema design decisions.

So if I add that third table with idCars and idSize, then I don't need to worry about adding a column to "Cars" table as the relationship now exists in that new table, "CarSize", which I can call upon to join with "Cars" or "Size" table to see the actual names?

In reply to Re^2: inserting a column into mySQL DB with perl by diyaz
in thread inserting a column into mySQL DB with perl by diyaz

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