Re: databse design tutorial

Ron Johnson wrote:
>>>Hi everybody,
>>> 
>>>i need a free tutorial on database design can any help ??

On the slightly more intermediate level to db design would be:

http://www.therationaledge.com/rosearchitect/mag/archives/9904/RATL-2.PDF

It is written from the perspective of Object Oriented Programming, so it 
might be a better starting point for those with more OO experience.

Especially useful are points on:
  - Discussions on Existence-based (sequences) vs Value-based (real world
    value) primary keys
  - Different approaches to handling enums
  - Discouraging designs that leads to huge number of columns
  - Various implementations of associations
  - Implementing inheritance (alas, not pgsql's)

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