Hi,

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Richard Jones <ra.jones@dpw.clara.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a complex legacy application with around 30 tables which is in need
> of re-factoring, as there are tables with lots of nulls. I've partially
> managed to achieve this so that my queries mostly return correct
> information. But there are some circumstances where duplicate data is
> returned, suggesting my data model is not quite correct.
>
> I haven't included either db schema or queries here due to the likely
> length of the posting, but would initially like to ask if this is the right
> forum to request with MySQL database design, or is there an alternative
> forum. It is of course not a MySQL-specific question, and would be
> applicable to any relational db. Thanks.

This is a fine place to ask such questions.

(In general you can just ask first, and people will tell you if you're
off-topic).

Regards
Baron

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