Re: [Librefm-discuss] Database schema... Problems in MySQL

[Clint Adams]

On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 04:49:12PM +0200, Pambo Paschalides wrote:
> I came upon these issues when trying to install GNUkebox in order to write
> some instructions on how the installation has to be done.
> I think it's better to correct these database issues though before writing
> any tutorials. What's your opinions? Is there a reason why this dbase schema
> was used? Or shall I start making corrections?

In most cases, we should be avoiding text primary keys and joins.
Largely they are only there for historical reasons.