I'm proposing a new newsgroup, to be called "comp.databases.design".
The purpose would be to collect in one place discussions concerning how to
design a database that are common to Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, and
dozens of other DBMS products that are generally called relational.
There are a lot of issues of how to compose the data into columns, tables
and schemas, or how to use foreign keys, or how to set up indexes that
are not product specific.
By providing a place whose name suggests this topic, it might reduce the
amount of cross posting that people with design questions commonly engage
in. It might also provide a forum for some lively discussion.
What do you think?