On Jun 24, 10:23 pm, "Älphä Blüë" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Marnen, > > Yeah I'm very weak with database design. I understand how to select > data and display it, and even perform some advanced usages, but I'm weak > on table joins and associations.. > > I'll look into relational database design. Can you suggest a good book > to read? Or a good article perhaps?
Not easily. My knowledge is more based on tricks I've accumulated over the years. But a number of the Wikipedia articles seem to be useful. > > I can google hack normalization and third normal form.. Yeah, you'll probably get a lot of hits. Or look at how the associated models in the Infamous Blog Example are set up. > > A lot of times I see exactly what I want to do but getting there is a > hurdle. However, if you saw how much I've accomplished already with my > site, given my knowledge of ruby and rails, I'm certain you'd agree that > I've accomplished a great deal so far (thanks to a lot of help I've > received on these boards from people like you). Quite likely. I'll have to take a look. > > I'll just be patient and do some more reading.. :) Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
