To clarify a little on the above let me use an example.
Here are some Competitions as they are stored in the database:
Comp02, 1, 2002, [NULL], 0
Comp03, 1, 2003, [NULL], 0
Comp04, 1, 2004, [NULL], 1
The fields are :
competition name
administrator Id
year
password
isCurrent (boolean flag)...