Быстро и просто:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Lists](
[ListId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[ListName] [varchar](100) NOT NULL,
--these could be associated with lists or options, wasn't specified
[AssociatedDept] [int] NULL,
[Other2] [nchar](10) NULL,
[Other3] [nchar](10) NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Options](
[OptionId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[ListId] [int] NOT NULL,
[DisplayValue] [varchar](100) NOT NULL,
[Value] [varchar](100) NULL,
[OptionOrder] [tinyint] NULL,
--these could be associated with lists or options, wasn't specified
[AssociatedDept] [int] NULL,
[Other2] [nchar](10) NULL,
[Other3] [nchar](10) NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
Получить содержимое с помощью
select Options.* --or a subset
from Options as o
join Lists as l
on l.ListId=o.ListId and l.ListName = 'nameOfList'
order by o.OptionOrder
(потенциально: зависит от ваших данных) более оптимизировано (особенно, если одна опция появляется в более чем однойlist)
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Lists](
[ListId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[ListName] [varchar](100) NOT NULL,
--these could be associated with lists or options, wasn't specified
[AssociatedDept] [int] NULL,
[Other2] [nchar](10) NULL,
[Other3] [nchar](10) NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Options](
[OptionId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[DisplayValue] [varchar](100) NOT NULL,
[Value] [varchar](100) NULL,
--these could be associated with lists or options, wasn't specified
[AssociatedDept] [int] NULL,
[Other2] [nchar](10) NULL,
[Other3] [nchar](10) NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[ListOptions](
[OptionId] [int] NOT NULL,
[ListId] [int] NOT NULL,
[OptionOrder] [tinyint] NULL,
--these could be associated with lists or options, wasn't specified
[AssociatedDept] [int] NULL,
[Other2] [nchar](10) NULL,
[Other3] [nchar](10) NULL
)
Получить содержимое с помощью
select Options.* --or a subset
from Options as o
join ListOptions as lo
on lo.OptionId=o.OptionId
join Lists as l
on l.ListId=lo.ListId and l.ListName = 'nameOfList'
order by lo.OptionOrder
В любом случае вы захотите проиндексировать столбцы внешнего ключа.