[Database class] term project milestone one comments

[Paul S. Wang]

Mohammad and DB class,

The project is a valid one but you need to pay attention to
the following.  (I am sending the comments to the whole class
because many can take advantage of the ideas).

(1) Make sure your project does not degenerate to something like
    a mysql (or phpMyAdmin) interface to your database.

(2) You need to be able to handle multiple items of the same kind.
    Looking at your design, you would have a hard time if the store
    has a number of copies of the same game.

(3) When you say you allow search for video games,  you must provide
    in your application interface some menu items so users will know
    how to formulate the search.  For example, if a user know nothing
    about video game brand names,  how would the user search for them?

(4) We are look for a project with a complexity level on par with
    the "university database" you all have a copy of.  When you
    show just three tables for your project,  that seem like more
    a homework than a term project.

Please revise and resubmit your Milestone I.

Paul

On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 03:59:50PM -0500, Mohammad Doleh wrote:
> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:59:50 -0500
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