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Asked: 2026-05-13T09:54:03+00:00

I wonder to know if someone can help to understand if I’m doing well

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I wonder to know if someone can help to understand if I’m doing well using a single table with wiki content for multiple subjects, so:

TABLE wiki
 ==>  wiki_id
      wiki_content
      wiki_language
      wiki_user_id

TABLE houses
      house_id
      house_name
      house_year
      house_location
 ==>  wiki_id

TABLE architects
      arch_id
      arch_name
      arch_born
      arch_died
 ==>  wiki_id

I think it could be a right way if i use:

SELECT * FROM houses WHERE house_id = '123' INNER JOIN wiki ON houses.wiki_id = wiki.wiki_id

but I don’t have experience on databases.

The wiki structure, is substantially identical in the both cases, so, am I wrong using one wiki table for two different tables? Could I encounter problems in the future on this db design solution?

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  1. Editorial Team

    If the wiki information is related directly to houses and architects then I see no problem linking them with foreign keys. It is just a one to many relationship for multiple entities. As long as those are related then it is fine to link them.

    This might only be a data integrity issue if the set of wikis that are related to houses is completely separate from the wikis that are related to architects since your foreign key constraint will not ensure that is always true.

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