Get Info From Database, or Build Inferred Info?
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Does it make more sense to store and retrieve properties or information directly related to an item in a database, or, say in such a case that a product's ID could describe information about it, should the information be gathered from that?
Example: Item SKU -- 4HBU12
4 - is the number of motors
H - the voltage
B - the color, blue
U - the model
12 - the length
Should I store those individual attributes as well as the SKU, or should I store only the SKU and build the attributes from it?
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