[Gpe-list] Bad database design in Contacts

[Neal H. Walfield]

At Wed, 30 May 2007 13:05:33 +0200,
Florent de Dinechin <Florent.de.Dinechin at ens-lyon.fr> wrote:
> I probably overlooked some constraints that lead to this bad design, 
> like computing power required or whatever. I'm sure there are solutions 
> that don't introduce redundancy in the tables. I'm ready to offer more 
> details if somebody wants them, and of course I'm ready to code for it.

It was issues like this that led to the near complete rewrite of
libeventdb.  Ideally, libcontactdb would undergo a similar rewrite.  I
am willing to advise if you are interested in undertaking this task,
however, I don't have time to help much with the actual coding.

Neal