Re: Dynamic structure of a table?!!

Ach C via DBMonster.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have an ER diagram which has an entity called "Form" .This is a typical
> electronic Form but number of its fields are not known and may vary at future.
>
> What is the best logical design for this case? If I create a table for this
> Form I should add columns to it in the future.This does not seem nice.Also I
> do not want to use "Entity-Attribute-Value" method as described at:
>
> http://tonyandrews.blogspot.com/2004/10/otlt-and-eav-two-big-design-mistakes.html
>
>
> -Thanks
>
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Yet such a meta-approach is the only viable solution and often used by Telecom providers.
If you don't want to use it, you are going to end up with adding columns.

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA