Sample/Example needed for a table/field setup

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Published on 2010-04-07T19:13:03Z Indexed on 2010/04/07 19:23 UTC
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Can someone explain the statement below to me with a working sample/example. thanks in advance.

You can not create duplicate fields, but simply add a single extra field, "coupleId", which would have a unique id for each couple; and two rows (one for each person) per couple; then JOIN the table against itself with a constraint like a.coupleId = b.coupleId AND a.id <> b.id so that you can condense the data into a single result row for a given couple.

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