Re: Large databases

From: Chris Berry <compjma_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:53:24 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0058322A.20030416115324@fatcity.com>

> > Just a thought, but if you have more than 4 you're probably not
>normalized
> > very well.
>From: "Igor Neyman" <ineyman_at_perceptron.com>
>Is this an "n-th" rule of normalization? -:)

1st and 4th normal forms would apply here. Basically, if you have 20 columns in a table I doubt you're properly normalized, although you could easily still be messed up with less columns if you didn't design it properly. Of course, if everything were designed well in the first place there would be near as much demand for DBAs, hehe.

Chris Berry
compjma_at_hotmail.com
Systems Administrator
JM Associates

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