Comments on: Database Design Help http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/database-design-help/ Wed, 22 May 2013 05:05:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: jessromanowski http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/database-design-help/#comment-78019 jessromanowski Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:44:56 +0000 #comment-78019 Thanks guys…
Carlosdl: Yes, the assumption is that any lawyer can represent any organization.

CharlieBrowne: I am not sure why I would need the start and end dates in the Deal_Organization table, should the start and end date fields be identified there rather than in the Deals table?

Again.. Thank you thank you thank you!

]]> By: charliebrowne http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/database-design-help/#comment-78017 charliebrowne Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:18:29 +0000 #comment-78017 Adding on to what Carlos has stated,I would add a start and end date in the Deals_Organizatrion file.It appears you also need to identify both organizations involved in the deal.
Here is what your file could look like wiith multiple entries.

1st Org         2nd Org  DealID	Lawyer ID	Start Date	End Date
100	101	1	25	4/1/2010	
100	102	1	25	4/1/2010	5/15/2010
100	102	1	26	5/15/2010	
100	150	2	26	4/18/2010	
101	102	3	31	6/2/2010	
105	107	4	19	5/12/2010	5/14/2010
105	107	4	22	5/15/2010
]]> By: carlosdl http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/database-design-help/#comment-77998 carlosdl Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:18:31 +0000 #comment-77998 I don’t think you need a ‘CurrentDealsID’ (in fact I would use a different name for that table, something like ‘Deals_Organizations’.

So, the Deals_Organizations table would have at least:

DealID
OrganizationID
LawyerID

If you have a deal in which 3 organizations are involved, you would have 3 records in this table for that deal.

DealID	OrganizationID	LawyerID
1	100		25
1	101		26
1	102		27

Additional comment: Your design permits that any lawyer can represent any organization. Is that correct ?

]]> By: jessromanowski http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/database-design-help/#comment-77993 jessromanowski Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:26:26 +0000 #comment-77993 Ok so I’ve updated my tables:

Tables:

Lawyers
LawyerID
LawyerFName
LawyerLName
LawyerStreet
LawyerCity
LawyerState
LawyerZip
Specialization
Fee

Organizations
OrganizationID
OrgName
OrgStreet
OrgCity
OrgState
OrgZip

Deals
DealID
DealDescription
BeginDate
EndDate

CurrentDeals
CurrentDealsID
DealID
OrganizationID
LawyerID

BUT… I am still confused how I implement this properly since one of the assumed conditions is that each individual deal could consist of MANY organizations… More confused than ever :( Thanks everyone for helping!

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