How should I structure my settings table with MySQL?

Question

What\'s the best way to structure a MySQL table for storing admin settings?

Like this?

Setting _|_ Value
setting1 |   a
setting2 |   b
setting3 |   c
set         


        

Answer 1

Consider the first option (Setting, Value) as columns. But also consider adding additional, meta columns as well, such as Description (would come in handy if you have alot of ambiguous settings), PreviousValue, LastUpdated, UpdatedBy, etc.