RecipeDB: database design

Shannon Patterson — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:24:56 +0000

Yesterday I wrote the database schema for the recipe app I’m working on. The files only come inserting recipes; I will add more files as I progress into other parts of the project.

Tables:

Recipe
Category
Nutritional_Info
Ingredient
Directions
Comments

category: id category_name created_by created_at updated_by updated_at is_active


recipe:

  id

  recipe_name

  blurb

  category_id

  number_of_servings

  prep_time

  cook_time

  created_by

  created_at

  updated_by

  updated_at

  is_active
nutritional_info:

  id

  recipe_id

  info_name

  measure

  unit

  created_by

  created_at

  updated_by

  updated_at

  is_active
ingredient:

  id

  recipe_id

  ingredient_name

  adjective

  measure

  unit

  created_by

  created_at

  updated_by

  updated_at

  is_active
directions:

  id

  recipe_id

  step

  direction

  created_by

  created_at

  updated_by

  updated_at

  is_active

comments: id recipe_id rating comment created_by created_at updated_by updated_at is_active

I also downloaded the symfony plugin sfGuard to deal with user management. It automatically builds the db tables and in about 15 minutes, I had a login form working with a defaul user name. Makes jumping into development a lot easier.

The Courtney said she would be willing to help me with some colour palette and page design, etc. That’s quite a way down the road though.

Next step will be some basic functionality.

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RecipeDB: database design