Multiple Registration Form Organization

[eluser]Jesse Schutt[/eluser]
Thanks to both of you for your responses!

I really like seeing how others create their applications. It is always enlightening to see how many different ways there are to accomplish the same thing.

Arbitrary registration data is stored in json format or other serialized format in a single text column.

This is a new concept for me. My newb is showing!

Alternatively - if arbitrary data needs to be [conveniently] searchable / sortable - create relational tables with the registration/event specific columns and link it back to registrations table by id.

Though it is probably a pretty simple question, can you give me some specifics on how to connect these by id? Is that just the auto_increment setting on a mysql field?

I really appreciate you taking the time to give me some direction!

Jesse