Update web app

[florida]

I have a ASP web application working with SQL Server. It has around 500 records and it works great. Now the customer wants to meet me about a redesign on the page.

In the past I noticed what a customer advises as a redesign can sometimes be more involved and effect the data structure where I would have to add fields, tables etc to the database. But they would not understand the impact because they dont understand databases and that I have to make their current database records work with their new requirement. I am looking for advise on what to say to the customer about the impact to their current database. If they add requirements it will probably require me to change the database model. Any user friendly words I can tell them or experiences anyone has had with this in the past?

[nbcrockett]

Good Luck! I've been trying to get that point across for 5 years. If anyone has any words of wisdom I'd love to hear it too!

[Kuriyama]

"hey would not understand the impact because they dont understand databases and that I have to make their current database records work with their new requirement"

Welcome to development 101. Typically business users do not understand what they want, nor to the understand what might have to change in order to accommodate their requests. None of this really matter in the long run as you are a developer and at the end of the day it's your job to make something work.