Relational Database Design - Section Index
- Database Design - Introduction Introduction and links to interesting(?) history stuff.
- Database Design History On the first day Codd created the database....
- Database Design History - Codd's Rules Listen to the word of Codd....
- Flat Files In a time before databases....
- Keys - Primary, Foreign and Unique The Keys to the success of our database
- Primary Keys Primary Keys the most important key of all
- Normalisation Basics Data Normalisation Basics - we must be normal before we can model!
- Simon's Simple Normal Forms Simple Simon's 1NF, 2NF and 3NF rules...
- Data Model Basics Entities and Relationships
- Data Model Atomicity How low do you want you go?
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd Normal Form Normalisation for tough guys!
- Normalisation - First Normal Form Whizz
- Normalisation - Second Normal Form Cripes!
- Normalisation - Third Normal Form Gosh!
- Data Models - Continued Dealing with Orphans, and daft One to One nonsense.
- Data Models - Many To Many Relationships Very important! The key to a good Database design..
- Simon's Rules Not really rules, just some guidelines?