Despite working extensively on attributes I still get confused so don’t be too hard on yourself. Here is a note I made for myself sometime ago.

v_attribute_options_id_1 (1 represents attribute option count)

v_attribute_options_name_1_1 (the first 1 represent attribute option count, the second 1 represent language id)

v_attribute_values_id_1_1 (the first 1 represent attribute option count, the second 1 represent value count)

v_attribute_values_price_1_1 (the first 1 represent attribute option count, the second 1 represent price for value count 1)

v_attribute_values_name_1_1_1 (the first 1 represent attribute option count, the second 1 represent value count, the third 1 represent language id)

These are the basic building block, others are just incremental repetition of the same information.

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