Re: 2NF and 3NF obsolete ???

From: --CELKO-- <71062.1056_at_compuserve.com>
Date: 13 Nov 2001 15:44:08 -0800
Message-ID: <c0d87ec0.0111131544.14c88093@posting.google.com>

>> I'm preparing a course on normalisation and normal forms ... Why
bother anymore with 2NF and 3NF ? <<

My teaching experience is that students have trouble with 1NF -- they don't understand what a scalar value is and keep overloading their columsn with lists, bit vectors, combination codes, etc.

If you can get a copy of the old DATABASE PROGRAMMING & DESIGN magazine normalization poster, I would put it on the classroom wall to help the students to understand the development of the normal forms. Received on Tue Nov 13 2001 - 17:44:08 CST