Database Boogie

Well, the proff that is overseeing me for my senior project has pinned down a machine for me to use. It is in a locked room in the science building so I will have to walk across campus to get to it. But hey, at least I have something to run Oracle (translation: a big and memory loving program not to be confused with Windows) on now. They are going to wipe the hard drive on Monday and set me up with some sort of administrative account for the machine. Yay, admin rights on a university machine and on the computer lab side of the network no less! Sorry, geeky moment there. "With great power comes great responsibility," says my shoulder angel. And he's right.

Anyways, in the meantime I'm working through a few hundred pages of my database book to remind me how to go about designing a small database. Three cheers for Boycee-Codd normal form!