Do You Need an Expert?
If you're working with a single-user system, the database is likely to be straightforward enough so that, with the help of this chapter, you can bootstrap yourself to design competence.
If you're working in a multiuser situation, on the other hand, the design and creation of the database is usually the job of a specialist. This is especially true if your application is critical to the mission of your organization and involves sharing data with other users. This specialist—who might be called system administrator, database administrator, or MIS specialist—is qualified by his or her experience in and understanding of the local computing environment, the organization's business policies, and the rules of relational database ...
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