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 URGENT HELP with Database Table Design!!

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key
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Posted - 2008-01-15 : 01:30:43
Hi all,

I have to come up with a design choice for a DB Table for a financial firm(i.e. Tables with Fixed column or Value-Pair). SQL Server 2005 is used as a back-end for a web application(which basically is designed for doing web based analysis). The business people are insisting on a feature that enable power users to add fields to the underlying tables. One option proposed is named value-pair design approach? But from performance point of view, this seems a nightmare. How can this be integrated into static-column table approach. FYI, security policy of the client do not allow the underlying table structures to be changed by the user and currently
there are 5000 fields, and growing...

Thanks for your suggestions!!
Dilla

jackv
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2179 Posts

Posted - 2008-01-15 : 03:05:25
Check http://www.sqlmag.com/Articles/Inde...ArticleID=38656, which is one potential solution to what you are outlining. The method you are proposing , is difficult to query in the long run



Jack Vamvas
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