Re: Normalization, Natural Keys, Surrogate Keys

> table" to store various codes. This is something I've often seen in
> IMS and various btrieve-based databases and I don't believe belongs
> anywhere in a relational model. <<

Can someone clarify what exactly is meant by "code table?" The product I'm looking at makes extensive use of code tables to map multiple names to a single concept. For instance, if we're talking about products, the code table would be something like this:

Item code	Name (PK)
---------       ----
41		Bicycle
41		Bike
42		Harley-Davidson
42		Harley
43		Corvette
43		Vette

This is to map multiple names onto a single concept. I'm not sure how this violates any database principles--it's just a mapping of nomenclature.

Jer Smith
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A Received on Fri May 31 2002 - 01:40:07 CDT