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

As usual, it depends. Solution 1 is simpler. Sol #2 easily integrates with ORMs, but may hit DB row size limitations. Google for OTLT (as in One True Lookup Table problem) How much settings do you have(few? dozens? hundreds?) How often will you need them?