"D.Y." <dyou98_at_aol.com> wrote in message
news:f369a0eb.0205210821.3aadfdd2_at_posting.google.com...
> DBAs design databases from their past experience and common sense, instead
of
> FD rules. As a result, most of the real world data models look more or
less
> like 3NFs. I have not seen a single Boyce Codd NF or beyond.
what *design* a database, surely you mean - get provided with some tables by
a vendor and no ERD whatsoever.
shucks. you'll be suggesting there's referential integrity in the db next.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
Received on Tue May 21 2002 - 15:45:46 CDT
