[PHP] Re: Web dev, DB and "proper db design".

2013-07-04 Thread Jim Giner
On 7/4/2013 6:42 AM, Richard Quadling wrote: Hi. I've just had a conversation regarding DB, foreign keys and their benefits. I was told "I've never worked on a web application where foreign keys were used in the database". As someone who has spent 25 years working on accounting/epos systems on

[PHP] Re: Web dev, DB and "proper db design".

2013-07-04 Thread Tony Marston
"Richard Quadling" wrote in message news:CAKUjMCWJ4wiUO904OvYkS53Fsg4PPXa=qbokcvhwfemcpkp...@mail.gmail.com... Hi. I've just had a conversation regarding DB, foreign keys and their benefits. I was told "I've never worked on a web application where foreign keys were used in the database". As