Foreword
Database design is a hugely important topic, but one that is frequently overlooked. Because good database design is not dependent on a specific database product, vendors don’t usually support education in design. As a long-time certified trainer, I was always well aware that issues pertaining to design were not covered in the standard courseware, because they are so vendor independent. For many years, and many versions, Microsoft had a course called “Implementing a Database Design”, and people frequently shortened the name to “The DB Design Course”, but it was about implementation, not design. It was about how to create the database after the design was done.
Proper design is not only important for data correctness, but it can also help ...
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