Re: help with database research topics

database.student_at_gmail.com (database student) wrote in message news:<3d2a4cb9.0411181126.79c80b0e_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hi,
>
> I am a database Ph.D. student who is currently looking for research
> topics for my thesis. I am very interested in identifying and solving
> real problems faced by database users. Unfortunately, due to
> environmental constraints, I don't have much chance to interact with
> real world database users. Would any of you kindly let me know some
> real problems you are facing based on your experience of using
> databases? Any suggestion for potential research topics is greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks a lot.

In my experience the average end customer only interacts with a database manager via provided applications or adhoc query tools.

The "average" database user is actually a developer or DBA.

A big problem in the end-user community that occurs over and over is lack of proper user training on new software packages: Lawson, People Soft, SAP, etc... before the users are expected to use the package to perform their daily work.

Good luck with the piled higher and deeper. -- Mark D Powell -- Received on Thu Nov 18 2004 - 19:46:20 CST