Re: DB Design Principles for RDBMS
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 17:48:53 -0000
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"Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message
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> "Paul Vernon" <paul.vernon_at_ukk.ibmm.comm> wrote in message
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> > "Anton Versteeg" <anton_versteeg_at_nnll.iibbmm.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > or alternatively...
> >
> > > 1. Keep it simple
> >
> > Make it as complex as sufices to capture the detail of the thing being
> modeled
>
> there is an expression of Occam's razor that applies here IMO. 'keep it as
> simple as possible, but no simpler'.
Usually attributed to Einstein I believe. http://www.giga-usa.com/gigaweb1/quotes2/qutopsimplicityx001.htm
Regards
Paul Vernon
Business Intelligence, IBM Global Services
Received on Mon Feb 10 2003 - 18:48:53 CET