Designing database from scratch

[Mark Aufflick]

I must admit I'm a little disappointed.

I saw the thread title and thought:

"cool - someone wants to build a relational (or otherwise) database
system from scratch - this should be fun"

:(

On 10/25/06, alex at owal.co.uk <alex at owal.co.uk> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I'm designing a database from scratch and want to progress from the "back
> of an envelope design". I'm thinking of using SQL Fairy eg
>
>
> I write an XML description of the SQL Schema
>
> SQL Fairy converts that to
>
>    MySQL SQL Code (typically create statements)
>
> and possibly
>
>    Class::DBI
>
> and definitely
>
>    GraphViz diagrams
>
>
> (I'll also be writing some Java code to access the database too and
> possibly some PHP to if I am unlucky).
>
> What is the "state of the art" for database design in the open source
> world? What do you use?
>
> Alex
>


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