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Asked: 2026-05-24T07:02:48+00:00

I’m looking for advice on the best way to store multiple values using C#

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I’m looking for advice on the best way to store multiple values using C# and a SQL database, specifically MS SQL Server Express. I can get data into table A and B, but I’m not sure how to store all 10 steps to the database when form 2 is filled out.

The way the application works is a user chooses an item from a combobox on form 1, presses the submit button. Then table A and table B get updated. Once the tables have their values, form 2 opens up and the user fills in the data and submits it to be stored in table B.

As you can see in form 2, I can’t imagine having to create 30 radio buttons and 22 textbox fields in table B for each step. Any advice on what direction to take is much appreciated.

EDIT: I know the question was confusing, I apologize I’m confused myself! Basically I just want to store the 10 steps related to a unique id. So when I do a query for say ID 1 it shows the 10 steps associated with that ID.

Using:
Visual Studio Pro 2010
SQL Express 2008
LINQ for the queries to the DB.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can add table C to store the answers. Table B will have an ID field, that will be used by table C to identify the related record in table B.

    Table B:

    ID, ...
1 , ...
2 , ...

    Table C

    ID, questionID, Answer
1 , 1         , "value"
2 , 1         , "value"
3 , 1         , "value"
...
10, 2         , "value"
11, 2         , "value"

    The questionID field is the relation to table B, and you can determine the answer order by ID field

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