On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Joe Smith wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The tutorial is aimed to persons that have little or no knowledge in > > database design and that need to develop a functional application of > > mid-level complexity. This application would stand alone in their > > computers (as opposed to becoming a front end for a MySQL application > > harbored in some server with multiple users, for example). > > ... > > Such a document would fill a huge, huge gap, speaking as someone who > knows just enough about databases to get into trouble, and who gave up > banging his head against the wall trying to get Base to do solve simple > real-world tasks. > > I hope that the tutorial will be based around a real, working > downloadable database that actually does something useful, so that > people can see how to implement something they will use in real life. > Drew's tutorial example on oooforum was essential for me to get started, > but it never quite made it all the way to completion as a database > application, and I could never cross that last 20% of the distance to > get Base to do what I wanted. > > If a picture is worth a thousand words, a complete working example is > worth a whole book. > You may want to link the tutorial to http://www.geekgirls.com/databases_from_scratch_3.htm, which is just about the best explanation of database design and normalization that I've ever read.
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