Chapter 5. Database Design

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There is a difference between knowledge and skills. Knowledge comes and goes. Skills stay with you. They're what you have left when your knowledge has succumbed to the frailties of human recollection and the passage of time.

H. W. Kenton

This chapter covers database design from a pragmatist's point of view. It introduces you to various database design theory concepts and shows you how to apply these concepts in your work. It's aimed mainly at those with limited database design experience. If you're already familiar with basic relational database design, you may want to skip this chapter.

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