Re: Normalized design benefits

Good luck mate. Nightmare about to happen there. :-(

I have encountered the same type of blinkered views, even to the aspect of cutting code without planning!!!

Jay Canha wrote:
>
> Some members of our project design team have a perception that
> normalized transactional databases take longer to
> desing/develop/maintain than denormalized designs and, therefore,
> normalization isn't really worth doing. This is leading to a string of
> denormalized databases which concerns some developers familiar with the
> benefits of a normalized design.
>
> Can anyone point out any some articles by respected authorities which
> explain (in basic terms) the benefits of normalization and prove that
> normalization actually saves time and effort.
>
> Thanks.
Received on Wed Apr 11 2001 - 07:59:14 CDT