From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Thu Jul 29 15:07:29 2004 Return-Path: Received: from air189.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i6TK7EK13214 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 15:07:24 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air189.startdedicated.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i6TK73613179 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 15:07:13 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id B6E3272E984; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:32:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19763-96; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:32:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 4C66472E947; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:32:28 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:30:41 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Delivered-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id C454A72E854 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:30:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19370-81 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:30:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.cybcon.com (mail.cybcon.com [216.190.188.5]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 45F2C72E85A for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:30:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from dsl2-6 (dsl2-6.cybcon.com [208.186.116.6]) by mail.cybcon.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i6TJvqK21394 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 12:57:52 -0700 Subject: Re: Normalization From: Jared Still To: Oracle-L Freelists In-Reply-To: <41093D53.BEBBBBB0@sun.com> References: <20040729153222.50566.qmail@web13421.mail.yahoo.com> <1091120936.30520.317.camel@poirot> <41093D53.BEBBBBB0@sun.com> Content-type: text/plain Message-Id: <1091131554.18845.325.camel@poirot> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:05:54 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CyberConnectics-MailScanner2-Information: Spam/Virus Scanned at CyberConnectics X-CyberConnectics-MailScanner2: Found to be clean X-CyberConnectics-MailScanner2-SpamCheck: X-MailScanner-From: jkstill@cybcon.com X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org X-archive-position: 6458 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: jkstill@cybcon.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: oracle-l@freelists.org X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 11:09, Daniel Fink wrote: > I recall a quotation to the effect that no database will perform adequately > in 3rd Normal Form. To me this defines the difference between theory and ... When met with remarks like this, my response is usually along the lines of: "Then why don't we just use sed/grep/awk and be done with it?" Jared ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@freelists.org put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------