Database Design Tips

[Dave]

I was banned because I removed all of my wickedfire articles, and link spammed my blog instead. This is what happens when you get greedy and stupid.

 

[Stanley]

For anyone serious about database design, learn normalization.

 

[Dave]

For anyone serious about database design, learn normalization.

I know I could've got into all that stuff, but then it'd turn into a book

 

[DewChugr]

Another good post Dave.

Could you explain the differences between text and blob and a little about char, varchar and tinytext and when/why you would choose one over the other?

Thanks