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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> Re: Normalization
I agree with pro-normalization side and would like to add an additional comment. When you take the time to normalize the data, you have a much better understanding of your application and the process it supports.
I always found it much easier to adapt to new requirements when the underlying model is sound. If you've got normalized data that accurately represents your business process, then adding on the additional functionality that someone is bound to request after your new system rolls out is much simpler - usually I find the information is already there, it just needs to be presented in a new way.
On the flip side, I've also participated in a few data reconciliation projects that might have been avoided if the data model had been sound.
Robyn
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