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Creating your MySQL Database: Practical Design Tips and Techniques

By : Marc Delisle
Book Image

Creating your MySQL Database: Practical Design Tips and Techniques

By: Marc Delisle

Overview of this book

For most of us, setting up the database for an application is often an afterthought. While you don't need to be a professional database designer to create a working application, knowing a few insider tips and techniques can make both the process easier and the end result much more effective. This book doesn't set out to make you an expert in data analysis, but it does provide a quick and easy way to raise your game in this essential part of getting your application right.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Initial List of Tables


When building the structure, we can start by finding general, natural subjects which look promising for grouping data. These subjects will provide our initial list of tables—here is an abridged example of what this list might look like:

  • vehicle

  • customer

  • event

  • vehicle sale

  • customer satisfaction survey

We'll begin our columns grouping work by considering the vehicle table.