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RE: over-normalized?

From: O'Neill, Sean <Sean.ONeill_at_organon.ie>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 02:43:41 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00539662.20030124024341@fatcity.com>


>>From: "Saira Somani" <saira_somani_at_yahoo.com>
>> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:59:33 -0500
>> Subject: over-normalized?
>>
>>Is there such thing as an over-normalized database design?
>>What defines over-normalization? And what are its consequences? (Other
>>than the obvious degraded database performance and lots of tuning)
>>
>>I hear rumblings that our ERP system is over-normalized.
>>
>>Just curious,

Following sites might provide some info of use:

http://www.fmsinc.com/tpapers/datanorm/
http://cpcug.org/user/access/Presentations/Normalization/index.htm
http://www.cc.utexas.edu/cc/dbms/utinfo/relmod/normal1.html
http://www.tdan.com/i001fe02.htm
http://www.doxa.ro/DOCS/SY_PERFORMANCE/1088.htm

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Seán O' Neill
Organon (Ireland) Ltd.
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