Re: normalization question

From: David Cressey <david_at_dcressey.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 17:14:26 GMT
Message-ID: <Sdw69.66$lq1.8038_at_petpeeve.ziplink.net>

Alan,

In a normalized database every atomic item of data can be located and retrieved by specifying a column and
a value for a primary key.

In a fully normalized database, every fact that is stored is stored only once.

This is grossly over simplified, but it's a starting place.

--
Regards,
    David Cressey
    www.dcressey.com

Received on Wed Aug 14 2002 - 19:14:26 CEST

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