Question

I got these 3 tables

Ques Table

 Ques |Ans          |QuesID|LangID
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Ques1|Ques1's Answer|1     |1
Ques2|Ques2's Answer|2     |2

LangID is a Foreign Key that References LangID in table Languages

Languages Table

LangID         |Description|LanguageID
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1              |French     |1
2              |English    |2

Language Table is for website’s contents’ language

EditorLanguage table

LanguageID|Value|Desc
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1         |fr-FR|French
2         |en-US|English US

EditorLanguage Table is for RadEditor’s Language

When a new Ques is added:-

The InsertUpdateQues Stored Procedure inserts the following values in Ques Table:-

QuesID, Ques, Ans, LangID

Now on my Ques Page, I have the following:-

-A drop down list box to select language (this drop down is bound to EditorLanguage Table's Desc column)
-A Text Box for Ques
-Telerik RadEditor for Ques's Answer
- Submit cancel buttons

Now lets say the langauage selected from the drop down is French whose language ID=1, Value=fr-FR, desc=French

Now how do I pass this LangID value to InsertUpdateQues Stored proceedure. I mean how it should get this value?

I am confused because of this Foreign Key thing..new too ms sql

How will the logic be formed? What is even going on here ?
so ok it will get LangID somehow but how and what good will that do ? I am suddenly feeling lost.

Answer 1

Why are Languages and EditorLanguage separate tables? Based on what you’re showing us, it looks like they would be better as a single table. The table names and key names are unintuitive as well.

As it stands right now, you’re going to have to translate the LanguageID that the form is posting into a LangID that the Ques table needs. This can be done in code by hitting the database (or a cached lookup) to select LangID from Languages where LanguageID equals the value you have. Or you can do this inside of the stored procedure you’re calling (so it’s only a single trip to the database) by either selecting the value into a variable and using the variable in your insert/update, or by using a subquery in your insert/update to select the value.

Note that this may get clouded if there’s any kind of one-to-many relationship between Languages and EditorLanguage.