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Posted by Mary Walker on 11/06/05 09:54
"--CELKO--" <jcelko212@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:1131243682.809956.301200@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>> this is my first database, so I'm just in the learning process really.
>>> <<
>
> Get a book on RDBMS and learn why an auto-increment can NEVER be a
> relational key. Learn why a table name should be a collective or
> plural name (unless there is only one row in the table). Learn way
> "id" is too vague to be data element name. Learn why camelCase is a
> bitch to read --hint: where does your eye jump when you see an
> Uppercase letter?
>
> I know you want to have a "Magical Universal Key" that will solve all
> your design problems, without having to really think or learn anything.
> What is your **real key** in your **real** problem?
>
> Going to a Newsgroup to get what usually takes a few YEARS of college
> and experience does not work.
>
LOL. Thanks very much you for reply. I have actually learnt a lot by
simply reading your reply - but I'll buy the book anyway :-)
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