Database design - articles, blog posts, photos, stories

Question

I\'m designing a database for a web site that will have at least 4 different object types represented (articles, blog posts, photos, stories), each of which have different e

Answer 1

You can use super-type/subtype in DB design to avoid that problem. Create a super-type for images, video, notes and then link to the super-type. Keep all common column in the super-type table.

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