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Re: More than one item with the same Item Code



******    message to minivend-users from "Mr. Christopher F. Miller" <cfm@maine.com>     ******

On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 06:16:21PM -0400, Cory J Trese wrote:
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Use a second table

code       course
ISBN1      econ 201
ISBN1      econ 202
ISBN1      econ 203

And then join or do additional query.

> 
> List :
> 
> Is it possible to have a duplicate of an item in a database and have
> the search engine display the appropriate data for each
> individual entries?  
> 
> -Background
> 
> Each item in my database is referenced with an ISBN (unique 10 digit
> code for shipping and inventory use, as well as buying from
> publishers.)
> 
> We supply these books to students, and often times different classes
> have the same book requirement (and thus the same ISBN) and I have
> been forced to maintain a database with lots of "ECON 201/ECON 202/
> ECON 203/Economies of the World 301" stuff in the "course" column.
> 
> Is it possible to have more than one entry for an [item-code] and
> have the results page display only the results that apply to the
> search that the end user ran (searches are done by the "course" field
> or by the "call" number of the course.)
> 
> Am I trying to do something impossible?
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