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cole_lehmkuhler's avatar
10 years ago
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Creating a lookup table, but one problem...

Here's my lookup table so far Start               End            Division 0000              9999              Gas 10000            19999          Diesel 20000             29999            Marine ...
  • chrisu's avatar
    10 years ago

    One way to handle this many-to-many problem is to create a "bridge" table that contains a unique list of divisions.  Your tables can then be connected by many-to-one relationships.  If you set the relationship to be bi-directional, then filters should flow from the ranges table through the division table and into the sales table, effectively creating a many-to-many relationship.  

     

    The model would look something like this: