Re: And now for an example of a different style of

Robert,

> Probably why I now work on the database side; everyone
> *thinks* they can do design, but people rarely look at a website and think
> "they should have used 3 tables and a view to handle that data" :-)

You should meet some of my clients:

Exec: "I think we should unify everything on MySQL."
Me: "But MySQL won't support our reporting tools."
Exec: "Of course it will."
Me: "When did MySQL add support for UNION queries and custom functions?"
Exec: "I don't know.  I don't understand this database stuff.  That's what I
have you for."
Me: sigh

Really .....

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-Josh Berkus
 Aglio Database Solutions
 San Francisco