Database Localization - Lookup lists - smarter way

Question

I\'m looking to add some lookup lists in the database, but I want them to be easy localizable (SQL 2005, ADO.NET)

This would include:

• Easy Management

Answer 1

If you structure your data like this:

MessageToken    DisplayText       LangCode
firewood        Fire wood         en
firewood        Bois de chauffage fr

When you make your query, just supply the default languageId (if blank) or the supplied languageId. Use a standard list of tokens for the messages.

Select DisplayText from (some table) where MessageToken = 'firewood' and LangId = 'en'