How to store complex product/order data in MySQL?

Question

I\'m working on an order system for my online shop. I have 2 tables:

1. products, storing info about products
2. orders, storing general id\'s & infos of cu

Answer 1

At the very least you need:

Products (one row per product)
    ProductID
    Size

Orders (one row per order)
    OrderID

OrderDetails (one row per product per order)
    ProductID
    OrderID
    Size

Note that each 'size' is its own ProductID. You'll probably want to have yet another ID that groups products that are the same 'base' product, but in different sizes.

So if Order #1 has three products, and Order #2 has four, then OrderDetails will have seven rows:

OrderID ProductID Quantity
1       234       2
1       345       9
1       456       30
2       432       1
2       234       65
2       654       8
2       987       4