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I am developing a simple blog application in which users can write posts and others can like, comment, share etc. i am facing difficulty in designing database. What I have tried is:

user (user_id(pk), user_name)

post (post_id(pk), post_content, likes, user_id(fk))

comment(comment_id(pk), comment, post_id(fk))

PROBLEM: One user can have many posts and many users can like and comment on many posts. Whether I have to separate two tables like: user, post and userpost?

Can anyone tell me if anything wrong in this design?

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Try something like this

user (user_id(pk), user_name)

post (post_id(pk),user_id(fk), post_content)

comment(comment_id(pk),post_id(fk),user_id(fk), comment)

likes(post_id(fk), user_id(fk) status)

In status column in likes table you can save it as like or unlike can be tinyint field with 

NULL - Default value
True - Like and False - unlike(if you have unlike option)
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  • thnx..I want is to count how many likes the post have from other users, and to know which users have liked the post (same as facebook) – Fenil Oct 31 '14 at 11:27
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    You can query like Select count(*) from like where post_id= @postId and similarly for user_id – vijayp Oct 31 '14 at 11:30
  • I mean, Will I necessarily have to make another table for likes? – Fenil Oct 31 '14 at 11:32
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    yes, that will be better as Many user can like Many post. M-M relation so it need to have a table to save like info – vijayp Oct 31 '14 at 11:34
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    Yes I think you will – James Anderson Oct 31 '14 at 11:34
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All you need to do is add user_id to your comment table. That way each comment can be linked to a post and a user.

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    The @vijayp answer is worth a look as I think the extra tables for likes is a good idea but the table should be called likes and not the reserved word like – James Anderson Oct 31 '14 at 11:24
  • But, all I want is to count how many likes the post have from other users, and to know which users have liked the post (same as facebook) – Fenil Oct 31 '14 at 11:27

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