[UPHPU] Database Design

[Mr. Ritter]

Mac Newbold wrote:
> 1. Are there any particular areas of database design that you'd really 
> like to know more about?

I'd like to hear about optimizations and performance as well, but more 
in particular I'd like to explore the real-world use of 
auto-incrementing number fields as keys versus application level or 
other manual techniques.

> 2. How much do you think you know about good database design?

Intermediate to advanced.  I don't expect to learn anything really new 
conceptually, but perhaps understand some better practices.

> 3. I'm thinking about doing one or more case studies based on real (or 
> semi-real) situations. Would that interest you? Would you have a 
> situation we could study?

I might have a situation to study, depends directly on the specific 
topic, but I'd like to get involved in clustering and high availability 
solutions.

--
Ritter