Hello.
I am considering how to structure my MySQL database in e-commerce solution. To be more specific I am looking at the product structure.
These are the tables I have come up with so far. What do you think?
Explanation of structure
The application is multilingual. Therefore the product table are split in 2 tables.
If a products has e.g. 2 variants (Small, Medium) a total of 3 rows will be inserted. This is because each variant can have different information for each variant. When the product is shown on the webpage product 1 will be shown with a drop down box with Small & Medium. A product with no variants will naturally only insert 1 row.
products
id master product_number
1 0 123
2 1 456
3 1 678
products_descriptions
id product_id locale image name description vat price
1 1 en-us image.jpg t-shirt Nice t-shirt 25 19.99
2 2 en-us image.jpg t-shirt Nice t-shirt 25 19.99
3 3 en-us image.jpg t-shirt Nice t-shirt 25 19.99
products_to_options
product_id option_id
2 1
3 2
options
id name
1 Small
2 Medium
