Re: Test database for new installs?

From: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
To: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
Cc: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Subject: Re: Test database for new installs?
Date: 2004-11-22 19:40:35
Message-ID: 200411221440.35519.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net
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On Monday 22 November 2004 11:07, Andreas Pflug wrote:
> Robert Treat wrote:
> > I might have access to one for another book as well if we need it,
> > although what I have always thought we should provide is a copy of the
> > database generated from the tutorial section of the PostgreSQL
> > documentation.
>
> This is the kind of database design I definitely would *not* use to
> demonstrate good db design practice:
> - no primary key/indexes
> - no foreign key
> - implicitely WITH OID
> - Usage of varchar for key column
>

Didn't know good database design was a pre-requisite. If it is then yeah, I'd
agree maybe thats not the best example. OTOH maybe we just need a better
tutorial :-)

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Robert Treat
Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL

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