[web2py] DB design

I'm not IT-specialist, but I know any theory has own root-idea that may be explained by fingers. I was looking for it in DB theory and I've found it for myself! It is "PerformanceDBA" 's articles at StackOverflow. I think these articles may be very useful for everyone. -- Resources: -

[web2py] DB design question . Gmail like schema

Hi , I really like web2py as a framework as I can quickly come up with something working(controller and views are so easy to write). But as i am not a seasoned developper i feel weak when it comes to design the database. DAL is great but unfortunatley it can define the schema for me ( yet :) ) I