title: Multiple Items in Database
body: <p>HI,</p>
  
  <p>I have a list of steps created by a user, in this list i have multiple categories. </p>
  
  <p>eg.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;ul id="thelist"&gt;
  &lt;li class="a"&gt;step a1&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li class="a"&gt;step a2&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li class="b"&gt;step b1&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li class="c"&gt;step c1&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>how would i store this information in a database.</p>
  
  <p>what i trying right now is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>User_Id -&gt; created by User
  list_Id -&gt; Unique Id of the list
  List_step_a -&gt; matched by list Id 
  list_step_b -&gt; Matched by List Id
  List_step_c -&gt; Matched by List ID 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>so should i use multiple tables
  eg:</p>
  
  <pre><code>table_list_id
  list_step_a
  list_step_b
  List_step_c
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>OR is there a better way to store the list in the database so its easier for me to pull out.</p>
  
  <p>Any help would be appreciated. 
  Can somebody point me the right direction atleast. </p>
  
  <p>P.S sorry about the english.</p>
  
  <p>other information:
  I have managed to create this information IN XML.is there an alternative where i can load the XML file UserSpecific on the database.  </p>
  
  <p>also I am trying to create this in Cakephp.</p>