Re: standard and easy way to do schema design

>> a very standard and a simple way to do database schema design. <<

No. But there are some design patterns which you can see in Hay's book.

Little horror story about outsourcing. Six months into a project, the American gets a call from his Indian counterpart, who asks "Is bookkeeping in America done by cash or accrual system?" There is a pause, and the American says "Accrual"; the Indian responds "Thank Ganesha!-- something in Hindi to the other people on his side of the phone line, followed by happy sounds -- Good bye!"

Ganesh is the Hindu god with an elephant's head who protects those who suffer unjustly -- that makes him the patron saint of developers with vague specs :)

Having said that, there are development methods (NOT Methodologies -- I agree with Larry Constantine that Methodology is the study of methods). A method is what we do when we have no idea what to do next. Do you like RUP? ER (Chen, not the TV show)? Did you start with an ORM diagram? Are you Ambler Agile? etc. Received on Wed Aug 15 2007 - 13:58:23 CDT