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I have an application where I have to store adresses of multiple types of location.

For example, my app requires addresses of people, hotels and event venues.

Should I create separate tables for different type of addresses having same fields? or Should I add an additional field telling what is the type of address?

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Unless the attributes between the different types are totally different (which I doubt), go for the second option and store the address type in a column of the address table.

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I have two different tables and both need an address. Is it okay if I enter foreign key to address table from both the tables above? – codecool Sep 22 '12 at 15:31
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@codecool: that's perfectly fine. – a_horse_with_no_name Sep 22 '12 at 15:31

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