Unfortunately your average developer still thinks of relational databases as big flat files. The only way they will get any better is if someone takes charge and leads by example. Just recently I spearheaded a major redesign of an important schema in our database an followed common relational practices. All of the sudden our stored procedures were more elegant and all of the proper indexes seemed to fall into place like they were born for it. The ego driven developer will never believe you without proof.

Unfortunately your average developer still thinks of relational databases as big flat files. The only way they will get any better is if someone takes charge and leads by example. Just recently I spearheaded a major redesign of an important schema in our database and followed common relational practices. All of the sudden our stored procedures were more elegant and all of the proper indexes seemed to fall into place like they were born for it. The ego driven developer will never believe you without proof.