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lucasstark
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Posted - 2008-09-19 : 19:38:42
I need to figure out the best way to represent the following curriculum information in a nice normalized structure.

I have a curriculum DB for a college. Each Major has a list of required courses. That's the easy part. The part that I am seeking guidance on would be how to best represent a requirement when that requirement is an OR or an AND requirement.

For instance the following line items need to be represented in the DB. Each line represents a different requirement for the Major.

CST-133 OR CST-134
CST-155 AND CST-167
(CST-101 AND CST-102) OR (CST-201 AND CST-202)
CST-144

I can't seem to put my finger on the best solution to represent this data in a normalized format. The course number (CST-133) represents the primary key of the courses table.

Thank you,

lucasstark
Starting Member

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Posted - 2008-09-20 : 06:00:11
Do you think that XML might be the best way to store this data?
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