that's rather a SQL-problem than one of perl.
USE database;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS taxon;
CREATE TABLE taxon (t_id INT(n) PRIMARY KEY auto_increment,
[...]
);
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS node;
CREATE TABLE node (n_id INT(n) PRIMARY KEY auto_increment,
n_t_id INT(n) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
[...]
);
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS sequence;
CREATE TABLE sequence (s_id INT(n) PRIMARY KEY auto_increment,
s_t_id INTn) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
[...]
);
notice that every record in the node-table, and every record in the sequence-table has to contain the pointer to a record in the taxon-table. the one-to-many relationship will then be realized by something like:
$dbh->selectall_arrayref("SELECT * FROM taxon, node WHERE n_t_id = t_i
+d");
and the one-to-one realtionship you will find with a query like:
$dbh->selectrow_arrayref("SELECT * FROM node, taxon WHERE n_id = XXX A
+ND t_id = n_t_id");
how you then wrap that in an object-oriented code is a matter of taste. but basically these are the things that should go on in the background.
greez
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