Re: design question
From: hpuxrac <johnbhurley_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:45:07 -0700 (PDT)
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Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:45:07 -0700 (PDT)
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On Sep 8, 9:33 am, "Chris Seidel" <csei..._at_arcor.de> wrote:
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> Thank you.
> It's all about data integrity, isn't it?
Scalable well performing applications using oracle as a back end are "normally" done using a 3NF+ design with some possible performance based de-normalization.
The varchar2(4000) tends to be a sign that possibly no database design what-so-ever may be in play ... a warning signal.
You are welcome. Received on Mon Sep 08 2008 - 14:45:07 CDT