Mysql, storing multiple value in single column from another table

Question

Bear with me, im really bad at explaining thing and i dont even know an appropriate title for this problem
Ok guys i have this problem
I already have one table

Answer 1

This is called a many-to-many relationship between meals and combo. A meal can be listed in multiple combos and a combos can contain multiple meals. You will need a link table (instead of the combo.meal_id field) that contains all possible meal-combo pairs.

In the end, you will have three tables:

1. meal (meal_id, serving, name)
2. combo (combo_id, serving, name)
3. meal_combo (autoid, meal_id, combo_id)

meal_combo.autoid is not strictly needed, it's just a general recommendation.

To list a combo with all it's meals in it:

SELECT meal.id, meal.name FROM comboINNER JOIN meal_combo ON meal_combo.combo_id = combo.id INNER JOIN meal ON meal.id = meal_combo.meal_id WHERE combo.id = 132

Google for 'many-to-many relationship' or 'database link table' for details.