Overview of Database Design

This chapter introduces the fundamental principles of relational database design. A thorough database design throughout the development process is critical to successful database functionality and performance.

The Pervasive Software sample database, DEMODATA, is provided as part of Pervasive PSQL and is frequently used in the documentation to illustrate database concepts and techniques. For definitions of basic relational database concepts, such as table, row, and column, refer to the glossary provided in the Pervasive PSQL online help.