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Creating a survey that needs to store comments
I have designed a survey using asp and MS Access
In this survey, currently, I am storing all the results in two tables. SurveyResult - (9 fields) for storing normal results SurveyBlobResult - (also 9 fields) for storing additional comments Should I merge these results to just one table - what would be the penalties or advantages? Is there a generic design that I should follow when storing survey results. BTW. Here is my survey http://www.soft-trek.com.au/ipgSurvey1.asp I appreciate all comments and criticisms. Thank you ipg |
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Are you saying that the 9 fields in SurveyResult each hold the answer to a
different question in a single row? That's not a great design: each answer should be a separate row in a "child" table. For a good example of how to build a survey application, see Duane Hookom's "At Your Survey" http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/Otherdownload.asp?SampleName='At%20Your%20Survey%2 02000' -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) wrote in message oups.com... I have designed a survey using asp and MS Access In this survey, currently, I am storing all the results in two tables. SurveyResult - (9 fields) for storing normal results SurveyBlobResult - (also 9 fields) for storing additional comments Should I merge these results to just one table - what would be the penalties or advantages? Is there a generic design that I should follow when storing survey results. BTW. Here is my survey http://www.soft-trek.com.au/ipgSurvey1.asp I appreciate all comments and criticisms. Thank you ipg |
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Hi Douglas,
Douglas J. Steele wrote: Are you saying that the 9 fields in SurveyResult each hold the answer to a different question in a single row? That's not a great design: each answer should be a separate row in a "child" table. I am doing very similar to what you have said. I only keep the key results in 3 fields. The rests are used for statistical purposes; e.g. of those who responded to yes to question1, how many are female or what age group, etc, etc. For a good example of how to build a survey application, see Duane Hookom's "At Your Survey" http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/Otherdownload.asp?SampleName='At%20Your%20Survey%2 02000' Thanks for the link. I will bookmark this. Back to my original question, should I merge or not? Many thanks Cheers ipg |
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