| Re: Bad database design can cause unnecessary coding [message #179526 is a reply to message #179520] |
Sun, 04 November 2012 15:45   |
J.O. Aho
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On 04/11/12 11:09, Tony Marston wrote:
> "J.O. Aho" wrote in message news:afk82dF3gokU1(at)mid(dot)individual(dot)net...
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>> On 03/11/12 10:28, Tony Marston wrote:
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>>> It *IS* a PHP topic for the simple reason that almost every PHP program
>>> accesses a database, and most databases are designed by the programmer
>>> him/herself.
>>
>> I have to agree with Jerry that it's off topic in this news group, it
>> had been more on topic at alt.php.sql.
>
> Are you saying that it is forbidden to post anything related to SQL on
> this newsgroup? What about HTML? CSS? JavaScript?
Yes, HTML, CSS and JavaScript are also off topic here, as they don't
have anything to do with the PHP. Try to see the different usergroups as
sorting mail, you don't mix your business mail with your private, as it
makes it easier to find the right mail when you are looking for a mail
from a friend with his vacation photos.
For this reason a post in comp.lang.php may be on-topic, while it's
off-topic in alt.php.sql (and the other way too) and there are times
when a post can be on-topic on both or none. It's up to the poster to
keep it on-topic and promoting a site is in general off-topic on most
usergroups.
>> Something that people dislike here and most other usergroups is that
>> promotion of your own site and most of the time it's done in a
>> usergroup it's quite low quality or even requiring payment to access
>> the low quality information.
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> I pointed to a separate article for the simple reason that it was too
> large to post here. I was not saying "please visit my site which
> contains lots of stuff".
You kind of did that, as you started a new thread and promoted your site
(article), it had been a lot different if there had been someone asking
how to make a good database design on a database related usergroup, then
you could have posted your link and said here you can read some stuff I
have discovered.
>> A better way to do is to start a discussion and show your skills in
>> there without promoting a website of self-interest.
>
> If you can't be bothered to read the article and respond intelligently
> to the points raised in it then don't respond at all.
You didn't post to increase the number of visitors to IBMs "Approach's
database design and how to use a relational database", but to your own
site and in the completely wrong usergroup.
I'm not replying to your articles content, but trying to explain why
people dislike what you did.
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//Aho
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