RE: [PHP] tutorials on good database design

2001-03-14 Thread Nold, Mark
ilto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 10:45 AM Cc: php Subject: Re: [PHP] tutorials on good database design Jason Murray wrote: > True - I find the best way to explain database design to someone is by > having them design a database (as with someone here last week whom I > he

RE: [PHP] tutorials on good database design

2001-03-14 Thread Angerer, Chad
, March 13, 2001 7:38 PM To: php Subject: [PHP] tutorials on good database design hi, i'm looking for some good tutorials / articles / books on database design, no, i'm not talking about the classic employee contact database that nearly every site has lingering somewhere... i'm

Re: [PHP] tutorials on good database design

2001-03-13 Thread Justin French
Jason Murray wrote: > True - I find the best way to explain database design to someone is by > having them design a database (as with someone here last week whom I > helped out with an office sports tipping database as a little how-to-SQL > project) and help them out as they go. First up, thanks

Re: [PHP] tutorials on good database design

2001-03-13 Thread Andrew Halliday
ow far you want to go in splitting up entities... AndrewH - Original Message - From: "Jason Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "php" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 12:19 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] tutorials on goo

RE: [PHP] tutorials on good database design

2001-03-13 Thread Jeff Oien
> I agree - throw us some examples of what you're thinking about, Justin. > > Jason I'm not Justin but I have a question. I would like to write a billing database to keep track of my hours for clients. I would like to keep track of what date I've been paid through and then create a report for

Fw: [PHP] tutorials on good database design

2001-03-13 Thread web100.co.uk
ECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 2:00 AM > Subject: Re: [PHP] tutorials on good database design > > > > One of my co-worker has a phenominal book on sql. You will want something > > that covers the different > > type of joins... when to use them, as well

Re: [PHP] tutorials on good database design

2001-03-13 Thread Rick St Jean
One of my co-worker has a phenominal book on sql. You will want something that covers the different type of joins... when to use them, as well as database normalization, reinforcing data integrity with foreign and primary keys. You will also want some transact sql in there and some indexing.

RE: [PHP] tutorials on good database design

2001-03-13 Thread Jason Murray
> H... while there are abstract ideas which are generally useful > and prudent to adhere to, I don't think most people understand them > too well as abstracts and need concrete examples to map them to. > > Hence the employee contact database examples. And simple > shopping cart examples. :

Re: [PHP] tutorials on good database design

2001-03-13 Thread Philip Hallstrom
You could try the book SQL for Smarties by Joe Celko... I'm not through it yet, but it's got some theory (but not enough to make your head hurt) and goes over all the various SQL commands... in the TOC there's stuff on how to implement directed graphs (such as the organizational path from you to t

Re: [PHP] tutorials on good database design

2001-03-13 Thread Jack Dempsey
As usual, O'Reilly did a great job with MySQL/mSQL by Randy Jay Yarger, George Reese and Tim King jack Justin French wrote: > > hi, > > i'm looking for some good tutorials / articles / books on database > design, no, i'm not talking about the classic employee contact database > that nearly ever

Re: [PHP] tutorials on good database design

2001-03-13 Thread Michael Kimsal
H... while there are abstract ideas which are generally useful and prudent to adhere to, I don't think most people understand them too well as abstracts and need concrete examples to map them to. Hence the employee contact database examples. And simple shopping cart examples. :) Do you hav

RE: [PHP] tutorials on good database design

2001-03-13 Thread Jeff Oien
MySQL by Paul DuBois is a very good one. Jeff Oien > hi, > > i'm looking for some good tutorials / articles / books on database > design, no, i'm not talking about the classic employee contact database > that nearly every site has lingering somewhere... i'm after the good stuff: > > smart data

[PHP] tutorials on good database design

2001-03-13 Thread Justin French
hi, i'm looking for some good tutorials / articles / books on database design, no, i'm not talking about the classic employee contact database that nearly every site has lingering somewhere... i'm after the good stuff: smart data design smart data planning unique keys taking advantage of relatio