http://simononsoftware.com/the-worst-database-design/ programming, databases and other IT something Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:12:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://simononsoftware.com/the-worst-database-design/comment-page-1/#comment-717 Simon Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:25:43 +0000 http://www.simononsoftware.com/?p=534#comment-717 @Frank: That depends on how you define relation. - Due to the relational theory, the relation is what is called the table in an SQL database. - And yes, missing the FK is included in the term "Bad Database Design" @Frank:
That depends on how you define relation.
- Due to the relational theory, the relation is what is called the table in an SQL database.
- And yes, missing the FK is included in the term “Bad Database Design”

]]> http://simononsoftware.com/the-worst-database-design/comment-page-1/#comment-716 Frank Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:43:38 +0000 http://www.simononsoftware.com/?p=534#comment-716 Without foreign keys, there are no relations, not even when you say so. It's not such a bad database design, it just has a bug: The FK is missing. Without foreign keys, there are no relations, not even when you say so. It’s not such a bad database design, it just has a bug: The FK is missing.

]]> http://simononsoftware.com/the-worst-database-design/comment-page-1/#comment-292 piotrp Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:13:47 +0000 http://www.simononsoftware.com/?p=534#comment-292 where I have such a nonsense? ;) Yeah, I know. And you also should know :> I think that anybody who writes such a ... (I haven't got a suitable work) should be banned from using databases. where I have such a nonsense?
Yeah, I know. And you also should know :>
I think that anybody who writes such a … (I haven’t got a suitable work) should be banned from using databases.

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