What's the best way to store changes to database records that require approval before being visible?

Question

I need to store user entered changes to a particular table, but not show those changes until they have been viewed and approved by an administrative user. While those chang

Answer 1

Yet another idea would be to have three tables.

• One would be the main table to hold the original data.
• The second would hold the proposed data.
• The third would hold the historical data.

This approach gives you the ability to quickly and easily roll back and also gives you an audit trail if you need it.