Re: Normalized design benefits

"Jay Canha" <jpc37_at_email.med.yale.edu> wrote in message <news:3AAD5BA3.5CC2BBEA_at_email.med.yale.edu>...

> 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.

Dunno about articles, but Fabian Pascal's _Practical Issues in Database Management: A Reference for the Thinking Practitioner_ ISBN 0-201-48555-9 seems to do a good job of it. I don't expect it to go over very well with DBMS vendors, however... >=)

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