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Re: What should be the Database Design in this case?

From: Raymond DeCampo <rdecampo_at_twcny.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:20:52 GMT
Message-ID: <3DF87182.9000908@twcny.rr.com>


--CELKO-- wrote:

>>>Now I want to store Subject wise Maximum Marks for each course. <<
>>

>
> NO!! You want to query the data and find them. We do not store
> calculated values in a relational database. Put it in a VIEW, if you
> re-use the results a lot.
>

If you read the OP carefully and thought about the problem, you would have realized that he is not storing a calculated value at all. He is storing the maximum possible score for the exam.

Ray Received on Thu Dec 12 2002 - 05:20:52 CST

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