Re: What are the limits to the usefulness of normalization?
From: David Cressey <david_at_dcressey.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 22:16:50 GMT
Message-ID: <ml8U7.32$Fy.1698_at_petpeeve.ziplink.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 22:16:50 GMT
Message-ID: <ml8U7.32$Fy.1698_at_petpeeve.ziplink.net>
One could write a book on this.
It takes about a week to learn how to normalize. It takes much longer to learn when to normalize.
Basically, any time you depart from normalization in your DB design, you should be able to state what you are gaining and what you are losing.
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Regards,
David Cressey
www.dcressey.com
"Dwaun" <dwaunthomas_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Please help.
> Thanks,
> Dwaun
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