# Multiple custom data types vs multiple fields

**URL:** <https://forum.bubble.io/t/multiple-custom-data-types-vs-multiple-fields/211635>\
**Category:** Need help\
**Created:** [June 17, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/multiple-custom-data-types-vs-multiple-fields/211635 "2022-06-17T04:52:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![staycmeng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@staycmeng](https://forum.bubble.io/u/staycmeng)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/multiple-custom-data-types-vs-multiple-fields/211635/1 "2022-06-17T04:52:13Z")

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Hi Bubble community!  
I am currently building a survey app where I want to record users’ responses to each question in the database. I plan to have 50 questions in total, and I’m not sure if it is more efficient to have one custom datatype called “Questions” containing a field per question (50 fields total) that stores the user’s answer for question 1, question 2, etc. in each field or multiple custom datatypes (50 datatypes total called Q1, Q2, Q3, etc.) for each question number and the datatype has only one field with the user’s response to that question. If anyone has any advice on which route to go with please let me know!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/2/8/2847faa74692c2ffa5d939d3dc3724cdd060d247.png) [@system](https://forum.bubble.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/multiple-custom-data-types-vs-multiple-fields/211635/2 "2022-08-26T04:52:59Z")

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Closed on August 26, 2022, 4:52am UTC

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