Rules of DB design:1.

DB naming rules simple, understandable, indicative names, avoid

spaces, no redundant field names, avoid using numbers in field names,
2. Compound key A compound key is any database key that consists of
2 or more columns.
3. Default values set of values the database will use to populate fields
that are left blank in input source. Predefine common data elements.
Default constraints.
4. Should the database be normalized it reduces redundant information,
5. Database relationships one table has foreign key that references a
primary key of another table.