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Re: Notes fields

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:21:55 -0700
Message-ID: <1114010281.340565@yasure>


Malcolm Dew-Jones wrote:

> Ed Prochak (ed.prochak_at_magicinterface.com) wrote:
> : what does your lack of disc space have to do with this NOTES table?
> : (I suspect nothing).
>
> : If looking to Normalize the tables (you could creat views of the
> : denormalized ones later, if you are careful), then you might save some
> : space.
>
> I don't see how the notes are not normal.

I do.

> They aren't really attributes of the tables, and each row of a table may
> or may not have any notes associated with it.

Correct but that is not the reason I have a problem with it. Rather a single "notes" table is the wrong solution if that is the issue.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Wed Apr 20 2005 - 10:21:55 CDT

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