Re: Im stuck in a black hole!

From: D.Y. <dyou98_at_aol.com>
Date: 21 May 2002 18:56:29 -0700
Message-ID: <f369a0eb.0205211756.17162bcb@posting.google.com>

"Niall Litchfield" <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com> wrote in message news:<3ceab1f8$0$236$cc9e4d1f_at_news.dial.pipex.com>...
> "D.Y." <dyou98_at_aol.com> wrote in message
> news:f369a0eb.0205210821.3aadfdd2_at_posting.google.com...
> > DBAs design databases from their past experience and common sense, instead
> of
> > FD rules. As a result, most of the real world data models look more or
> less
> > like 3NFs. I have not seen a single Boyce Codd NF or beyond.
> what *design* a database, surely you mean - get provided with some tables by
> a vendor and no ERD whatsoever.
>

Been there, done that. PeopleSoft and Oracle Apps come to mind. Nothing wrong with that. Fortunately those are not the only things I do. Designing ERDs can be intereting.

> shucks. you'll be suggesting there's referential integrity in the db next.

What referential integrity? I don't bother with drawing lines between my entities! Received on Tue May 21 2002 - 20:56:29 CDT