Database Design for Mere Mortals™: A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design, Second Edition

A Word About the Examples and Techniques in This Book

You'll notice that there are a wide variety of examples in this book. I've made sure that they are as generic and relevant as possible. However, you may notice that several of the examples are rather simplified, incomplete, or even on occasion incorrect. Believe it or not, I created them that way on purpose.

I've created some examples with errors so that I could illustrate specific concepts and techniques. Without these examples, you wouldn't see how the concepts or techniques are put to use, as well as the results you should expect from using them. Other examples are simple because, once again, the focus is on the technique or concept and not on the example itself. For instance, there ...