Should I Merge Those Tables?
I'm in a bit of dilemma right now. I have a mysql table called `cars` and one called `maintenance`.
The table `maintenance` is related to `cars`. Now I want that in the table `maintenance` are always the same rows as in the table `cars`. Not exactly the same rows, but 1 column of `maintenance` is related to 1 column of `cars`.
I could also merge those tables, but then the table `cars` would have so many columns. So I thought two separated tables would be more synoptic. What should I do?
I already tried to relate those columns with FK-relations with InnoDB, but I don't think that's really the best way.
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