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Metadata Query when storing data as array possible?

Short answer: NO!

I’ve asked a similar question before mysql order by serialized data?
and the answer i got is:

The only possible case when serialized
data is acceptable is when you don’t
need to search , filter or order by through
that data. In all other cases – store
your data as a separated fields.

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