Restaurant table ID

[latex88]

I'm trying to build a restaurant POS system. In a form, the waiter can select the physical table when creating an order. Typical physical tables (with chairs) may be denoted as A1, A2,...B1, B2, B3....

It's easy to customize a list box or buttons to fit any given restaurant, but let's say I want to build this POS system that is generic and would fit multiple restaurant, where their tables (with chairs) may be a bit different, although, it's quite common to have "A1, A2,...B1, B2, B3....". Question is, what would be a good practice/structure to build these forms/tables that can easily adapt to different restaurants whose table structure may be a bit different?

 

[MarkK]

Interesting jargon problem here, because what exactly do you mean when you say 'table structure?'
What you'll need is a table of tables, and I would expect the user to be able to insert, delete and rename tables.
Cheers,

 

[Beetle]

What you'll need is a table of tables, and I would expect the user to be able to insert, delete and rename tables.

Yes, you would want them to be able to modify the tables in the tables table but not the tables table. Errr...wait....now I'm confused.

 

[ChrisO]

What if there are many tables to the one table in the tables table?

For example, Table26 to Table34 in attachment.

Chris.