Noel Nolst Trenite wrote:
>
> I am quite new to database programming, and at the moment I am making an e-
> shop for a diving shop. For this I need to be able to specify options and extras
> for some of the items, like the size of a suit. Each of the options also defines the
> Orderingnumber of the item. The extras don't define a Orderingnumber, but add
> an amount to the total. My question is how do I best store these options and
> extras of an item, so that I can read them out and show them appropriately?
> They should he shown in a pulldown menu.
>
> I would be very grateful for any help.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Noel
Noel,
Have you checked out OpenMerchant at http://www.opensales.org - it is a
free, open source e-shop system written in Perl which works well with
Mysql. It might save you a lot of effort.
Tim Churches