Multi language texts

Question

I am building a multi language application in Apex.
I would like to retrieve data from tables and return the text in the language of the user connecting the web site. Has Apex a standard solution for this? If not, what is the best idea to use?
I am thinking of this solution:
- content_table_1(content_1_id, description, message_id)
- content_table_2(content_2_id, description, message_id)
- content_table_n(content_n_id, description, message_id)
- message_table(message_id, language_id, message_text)
Content tables can be all sorts of tables in my data model. This solution enables me to reuse messages in different content tables. In queries I have to get the message text with the content. This will work, but is this the best solution?
Alternatively I could also do this:
- content_table_1(content_1_id, description)
- message_table_1(content_1_id, language_id, message_text)
- content_table_2(content_2_id, description)
- message_table_2(content_2_id, language_id, message_text)
- content_table_n(content_n_id, description)
- message_table_n(content_n_id, language_id, message_text)

Answer 1

Hi Arie,
That's correct. APEX can only translate things he "knows". APEX doesn't "know" your own data.
That's way I mentioned this:
APEX can also give you the language of the browser for ex. so you can put the right value in your where clause.Whatever method you chose to retrieve the language, to get your data displayed in the right language you have to let your select statement know what you want.
For WC2006 I stored the language in an Application Item and used in my selects WHERE language = :MY_LANGUAGE_ITEM
Does this clarify my post more?
Dimitri