@PaulWhite - the guy here didn't specify a server, therefore I suggested what I think is the best Open Source one - I did put an "IMHO" - if the OP had tagged with MySQL/SQL Server... whatever, I wouldn't have "advertised"...
or was it the link to my posts which mention "iterative process" that's problematic? What about "the differences between logical and physical design" was an issue?
@Vérace Re: logical and physical design, they're asking for feedback on their logical design - as far as I can tell - yet you asked for a physical design. One traditionally works on the physical design after the logical design is complete.
@Vérace Of course, just like "hi!" and "thanks". It's meta, and nothing to do with the Q or A.
I was under the impression that Stack Exchange sites were forums, or forum-like objects.
If they are not forums: Why aren't they? What defines a forum?
But it's v. difficult to design a schema from a diagram... Re. "hi" and "thanks" - I've seen many comments elsewhere about (mostly SO) StackExchange sites being cliquish and people felt it was like a cabal of the "in-crowd" and that noobs and people who weren't born with an in-depth knowledge of [C | C++ | SQL | whatever] were made to feel unwelcome...
I only post a welcome for those who are "New Contibutors" and will continue to do so unless I'm threatened with suspension... I feel that not permitting this small gesture would be a retrograde step!
Local communities have some discretion to override most network-level policies. If you want to propose that, and look for strong consensus, propose it on Database Administrators Meta. Until then, we will continue to enforce the network norms.
I edit a lot of posts every day. I often run across posts with 'Hi' and 'Thanks' on the top and the bottom of the post respectively. I also run across things like:
--User
Should these items be removed during the editing of the post by an editor?
I am a Newbie here. In other forums, my habit is to close my messages with the signature
"Kind regards
Uwe Hesse
http://uhesse.wordpress.com"
Regarding the automatically attached username, pointing to my profile, I can understand that the part after "Kind regards" is not needed here. Anyway, i...
Jack's answer is very good there. There is more than one way to be polite.
@Vérace Re: designing a schema from a diagram - that's how it's supposed to work! The 'diagram' (UML, ERD, whatever) broadly describes the logical design (often with accompanying notes) and the physical implementation stems from that. It might not be an easy process, but many people would argue strongly it is unwise to do it otherwise.
The question is probably doomed here, but those are my thoughts.
Well, unless I have a copy of the s/ware that the OP used to generate their diagram, I'm not going to type in ~ 5 tables with 40 fields... I can give it a cursory glance and go "Emmm... that looks OK, but I can't possibly tell without coding against it (and nobody can - I've never seen even relatively simple designs work first time...).
Which would be fine if I had something I could play with - but the only game in town is dbfiddle (at least AFAIK) - I could run a dbfiddle schema and go... "Hmm... well, don't you think that attribute should be there and this one over here?..." and fire back a modified fiddle... but as it is, it's just too dense!
@Vérace the former would disagree with whatever had just been said on general principle, and the latter would solve the problem with a scalar function in a constraint
But I don't disagree with you. I hadn't noticed the exact timings at first. I did have to put quite a bit of effort into editing their second attempt to make it decent.
I didn't notice the original answer while doing that - I came across it via direct link from the home page.
My general view on NAA/VLQ flags is to let them be handled via review because it allows time for problems to be corrected (given how slow you all are at reviews). I do handle some when they are obvious and with little or no hope of being rescued.
I was under the impression that Stack Exchange sites were forums, or forum-like objects.
If they are not forums: Why aren't they? What defines a forum?
I am a Newbie here. In other forums, my habit is to close my messages with the signature
"Kind regards
Uwe Hesse
http://uhesse.wordpress.com"
Regarding the automatically attached username, pointing to my profile, I can understand that the part after "Kind regards" is not needed here. Anyway, i...
