advise in designing some tables

Hello

I am new to MySQL, and would appreciate your advise on what would be
the best way to design the following small system (I am using MySQL
5.0)

The system has photo albums which have their own data (name, category,
submitter, date, number of photos)
The system also has photos which have their own data (name, size,
width, height, date, submitter...)
The photos should be stored once in a big repository.
Photos can be assigned to photo albums, in a many-to-many
relationship:
A photo album may contain multiple photos and a single photo may
appear in multiple albums.
The system has a set of categories that the albums can belong to.  An
album must belong to one of the defined categories.

I would appreciate your help
Thanks



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Category _ _ _ _Album _ _ _ _ _Contents _ _ _ _ _Photo _ _ Submitter
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _id _ _------- _ _albumID _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _name _ _ _ _ _ _ photoID ------ _id _
id _ _ _------ categoryID _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ name _
category _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _size _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ width _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ height _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ date _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ submitterID----id
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _name
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _etc

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I'd go for the structure above. The contents table links the album
to the photos in the album

hth

Barand

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