countdrac Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 this is my table: name id description topic year category so now i want to know - i only have around 5 categories so is it worth me have a seperate table for it? this is for a website which i populate a dropdown box with the categories... i just want to know as a design aspect if its better to just hardcode the categories into the html or populate them from the DB (ie making a table for them and getting them from there)? thanks Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/77919-hardcode-or-db/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxy Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 For only five rows I would suggest using it without a database. It would be much more efficient to place the data in the script rather than using a database. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/77919-hardcode-or-db/#findComment-394395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbo Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 It depends. Is this for yourself or a client? Is the list expected to grow? Who will make updates in the future... etc etc. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/77919-hardcode-or-db/#findComment-394425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan69 Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 I would just make another table for catagories. Its not much harder than implementing the catagories in the scripter and makes the script much much more flexible, unless you are 100% certain the catagories will never chance, even though i would still use another table in that case. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/77919-hardcode-or-db/#findComment-396644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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