[Typo3-dev] database relations in TYPO3

[bas at extranet.kompas-media.nl]

>>You cannot put multiple relations in int field. So, blog is for multiple
>>relations (though I would prefer text). And I think blog is used in case
>>of single relations just to simplify the code (i.e. handle all types of
>>relations in one place).
>>
>>Dmitry.
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> I sometimes change them from blob to text in phhmyadmin just to read the
> content.
> There are however typo3 functions to work with these 'virtual' relations.
> Can't remember them....
> I think it's planned for typo3 version 5 to start with real database
> relations?
> Kicksters does have some functionality for that already called MM
> relation tables.
>
> Ries
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Currently I've only seen the BLOBs contain comma separated lists of uid's
in extensions I build. These are easy to fetch and then use explode() on
them to populate an array with the individual related UID's. Works like a
charm for me, but I may be missing something..

Regards,

Bas