Posted by M on 10/21/20 11:31

Stewart Priest wrote:
> <snip>
> What is the structure of that table?
> </snip>
>
> +---------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
> | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
> +---------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
> | invoice_no | int(10) | YES | | NULL | |
> | item1_desc | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | |
> | item1_cost | float | YES | | NULL | |
> | item2_desc | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | |
> | item2_cost | float | YES | | NULL | |
> | item3_desc | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | |
> | item3_cost | float | YES | | NULL | |
> | item4_desc | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | |
> | item4_cost | float | YES | | NULL | |
> | delivery_cost | float | YES | | NULL | |
> | customer_id | int(10) | YES | | NULL | |
> | comments | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | |
> +---------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
>

This is not a good structure. Have you thought about taking item*
columns to a separate table?

Table invoices:
+---------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+---------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| invoice_no | int(10) | YES | | NULL | |
| delivery_cost | float | YES | | NULL | |
| customer_id | int(10) | YES | | NULL | |
| comments | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | |
+---------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+

Table invoices_items:
+---------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+---------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| item_no | int(10) | YES | | NULL | |
| invoice_no | int(10) | YES | | NULL | |
| item_desc | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | |
| item_cost | float | YES | | NULL | |
+---------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+

And columns should be able to hold NULL values only if they can be
empty. I'm sure you don't want invoice_no to be NULL ;)

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