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Categories & Subcategories for ecommerce database

Asked by thinkwelldesigns in SQL Server 2005, MS SQL Server

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Hi database experts,

I need a little hand-holding here. I am designing a SQL Server 2005 database for an online store and I'm struggling with my Products & Categories tables design and how everything should work together.

I have a Products table with a sampling of columns show here

Products
 prod_name
 prod_price
 prod_type
 prod_cat
 prod_subcat

Category
 catID
 cat_name

SubCat
 subcatID
 subcat_name

I need help here with linking this all together. It's easy that the "Products Table and the Category Table get linked together. But what about subcategories A category/subcategory sample would be like so:

Electronics= Category
 Chips= SubCat
 Modules= SubCat
 Tuners= SubCat

Filters= Category
 Filters/Elements= SubCat
 Pre-Filters= SubCat
 Filter Inserts= SubCat

My question is this: should each subcategory be related to the main Category in the database? IOW, when someone enters a new "Products" record, selecting a Category of "Electronics", is there a way to restrict him only to relevant subcategories of "Chips, Modules, or Tuners"?

I hope I am making myself clear. The categories and subcategories will be used as linking navigation in the final website.Start Free Trial
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