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Asked: 2026-05-14T22:57:54+00:00

this is a part from my database structure: Table: Item Columns: ItemID, Title, Content,

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this is a part from my database structure:

Table: Item
Columns: ItemID, Title, Content, Price

Table: Tag
Columns: TagID, Title

Table: ItemTag
Columns: ItemID, TagID

Table: Image
Columns: ImageID, Path, Size, UploadDate

Table: ItemImage
Columns: ItemID, ImageID

The items can have more than one image so i have a extra table “Image” and map this images to an items. I see now a problem with this structure. Before i can add Images i must enter an item.

My question is now. Is this structure a good way to solve my problem with many images / tags for one item?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, this is how it is commonly done. Perfectly normalized DB structure for that purpose.

    Depending on your application, some kind of de-normalization might be required at some point to help performance, but I would wait with that until you have identified an actual bottleneck.

    Make sure you have indexes on all foreign keys and any other fields you commonly filter on. Making composite indexes on ItemTag and ItemImage could also be a good idea.

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