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Re: Maximum of Columns in one table (9i)

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 09:04:43 -0700
Message-ID: <1120665908.132715@yasure>


tina london wrote:

> surely 40-50 columns is way too high and indicates a denormalised design,
> not that necessarily there is anything wrong with that, I would like to
> suggest anything with more that 10-14 columns is probably in need of
> attention.

I choose those numbers as being the outside of the "possibly" range: Not to indicate that it was the median. 10-14 is a bit tight for many real-world situations but I agree that any number larger than 1 should be looked at and not just accepted without applying synapses.

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Received on Wed Jul 06 2005 - 11:04:43 CDT

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