Comments on: Multilanguage database design approach

By: Seth

Seth — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:58:21 +0000

after using #4 model i switch to #2 witch i think is better, on #4 model i have had 166 tables and almost 1gb of data and on #2 we have 9 tables and 70mb of data and the speed is the same for the traffic we have (the website has 17 languages)

but in the end i guess the model differs from project to project

By: gabi solomon

gabi solomon — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:30:48 +0000

That maybe true for some projects. But if you want the ability to edit the translations, for example for pages content then a DB aproach is a must.

By: soft

soft — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:18:16 +0000

Nice solution. but I think something with txt files and constants is more better when you want to more languages.

By: CC

CC — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:23:36 +0000

If you're working with a huge amount amount of tables (think in the hundreds) then #3 is easier to maintain than #4.

By: 01Kuzma

01Kuzma — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:13:20 +0000

Hello!
Thank you for your tutorial.
I've question:
in your sql statement you wrote: …WHERE `map_landmarks_translation`.`language_id`='1'
So `map_landmarks_translation` should be separate table, or it's wrong statement and it should look like:……WHERE `pages_translation`.`language_id`='1'
Thank you!

By: Kief

Kief — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:03:21 +0000

what about

table pages_translation
– page_id (int)
– language_id (int)
– title (text)
– content (text)

with ( page_id, language_id ) as primary key

By: Nima

Nima — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:15:25 +0000

Hi,

I found this article really helpful!
I liked the fact that you compared different approaches clearly,
I will be adapting the #4 as well,
It suits best my needs.

Thank you again
Nima

By: gabi solomon

gabi solomon — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:52:23 +0000

that is an interesting solution, i chose to put all the languages in the auxiliary table so that i would have to code the decision of where to look for the strings in the main or auxiliary table.

By: agvozden

agvozden — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:40:48 +0000

I think that can be differently solved.
And that is that you have a text with the language identifier and is retained within a single system.
I'd only auxiliary table for a connection to the texts in other languages if we need this thing …

By: solomongaby

solomongaby — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:23:47 +0000

thats corect