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After a brief break to play with GDI+ I'm back to the equipment database I've been toying with. I'm now looking at the structural alternatives to support record keeping for transformers, specifically test results. Transformers are tested at varying intervals, with different tests performed at different times. We test for water content in the insulating oil, for dissolved gasses (about 10 of them), for dielectric strength, and sheer strength, also sometimes we want to look at the turbidity and color. That's just for the oil! We also have to periodically test the insulation strength of the entire assembly (Doble tests), bushing BIL, impedance, CT ratios, and various other tests.

At first glance I was considering one humongous table called TransformerTests to record the dates, types of tests, and results, but this would be ridiculous to manage, and extremely wasteful, as most of the record fields would be empty. My second thought was to create tables for each type of test, then in the TransformerTests table simply enter the date of each with the type and record number of each test performed, using a query on the detail tables to retrieve test information and build reports.

The second way makes a lot of sense to me, but I'm wondering if there's a third, smarter way that someone here can suggest? Thoughts?

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