From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
    (rja.carnegie@gmail.com) writes:   
   > I don't remember if I ever worked in the Northwind database.   
   > (My actual training was some of the authentic courses for   
   > SQL Server 7.)  So I don't know if some of its features are   
   > included intentionally to attract criticism for extra credit   
   > in class - you know, spot the little design mistakes.   
   > That can be good practice for real work.  Or if it's just   
   > not particularly well done.   
      
   As I understand it, Northwind comes from Acesss. 'nuff said. :-)   
      
   > It bothers me a little that most database courses I've seen   
   > are about developing yet another new customer and order database   
   > for a business, when that's the last thing that the world needs -   
   > unless you have an amazing new idea about how to do it.   
   > Maybe that's what they're looking for?   
      
   I think that an order database is an excellent choice for a database   
   course, because most people can grasp the business rules fairly   
   easily. One of the most difficult challenges in database design is   
   to understand the problem domain. And when you are teaching the basics,   
   you don't want the students to get lost in understanding how a more   
   complicated scenario works.   
      
      
      
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   Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
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