database design help

Hello Guys,

These are my requirements:

Each Category has Multiple Groups
Each group has multiple Attributes
Each attribute has multiple values

So far i have come up with this DB Design

CategoryGroups Table

GroupID | CatID[References Category(CatID)] | GroupName

CategoryAttributes Table

AttributeID | AttributeName | GroupID[References CategoryGroups(GroupID)] | AttributeValue

So do you guys think this is a neat design?? Any suggestions??

asked Sep 28 '12 at 06:43 AM in Default

monodeep12
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You've defined 3 relationships, so that to me would suggest 4 tables (at least)

From a completely normalised design, I could then refine if neccessary:

Category
CategoryID
CategoryDescription

Group
GroupID
GroupDescription
CategoryID --FK to Category

Attribute
AttributeID
AttributeDescription
GroupID --FK to Group

AttributeValue
AttributeValueID
AttributeValueDescription
AttributeID --FK to Attribute

answered Sep 28 '12 at 09:08 AM

Kev Riley ♦♦
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My main concern now is the how am i going to upload the data in batches?? What i am thinking is that the user has to select the category 1st then the group and then he uploads the attributes with values...am i right?

Sep 28 '12 at 10:53 AM monodeep12

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