Question

Der experts

I am trying to model a complex questionnaire following this database model:

http://www.databaseanswers.org/data_models/questionnaires_complex/index.htm

I am having a little bit of difficulty understanding the model.

Let us say that i have a question which takes a Ranked Answer from 1-5

[Table]
Question_types
type_code = 1
type_description = "Ranked Answer"

[Table]
Questions
question_number = 1
question_type = 1
question_wording = "How much do you like lasagne?"

I want the question ranked from 1-5 – in which table should i put the possible rankings?

Thanks in advance
Nanek

Answer 1

Something like this, I suppose?

[Table]
Ranked_Answers

question_number = 1
answer_rank = 1
answer_wording = "Love"

question_number = 1
answer_rank = 2
answer_wording = "Like"

question_number = 1
answer_rank = 3
answer_wording = "Indifferent"

question_number = 1
answer_rank = 4
answer_wording = "Dislike"

question_number = 1
answer_rank = 5
answer_wording = "Hate"

And thus question_number would be a foreign key here, assuming it’s the primary key in your Questions table.