Many to many relationship question

ekv11 at 23h43
27
Oct
2009
Many to many relationship question

Hi all. I know the common standard practice for many to many relationships is to use a bridge table, and I've done that already in my model. But I've come across a situation where I'm thinking of using a group table related directly with the fact. Let's use the example of an insurance policy for a trucking company. For each policy the company can haul multiple commodities. These commodities are free form entered into the system, along with a per
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