Arthur Fuller
fuller.artful at gmail.com
Fri Jul 20 17:26:07 CDT 2007
Usefulness is in the mind of the beholder, not the design of the database. Usefulness is a front-end problem. I realize that many of us here do both jobs, but IMO they ought to be clearly distinguished. On the on hand you have the database and its design; on the other distant planet you have the user interface and its design. A. On 7/20/07, Susan Harkins <ssharkins at setel.com> wrote: > > I'd say that functionality and performance are right up there, but if the > integrity's weak, nothing else matters. > > Susan H. > > LOL, and I somewhat disagree. The first rule is to be useful and usable. > > > The first rule of database development is performance, above all other > considerations. >