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Re: Pizza Example

From: Jan Hidders <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be>
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 20:58:53 GMT
Message-ID: <h2jdc.64877$%m6.4324481@phobos.telenet-ops.be> 





Dawn M. Wolthuis wrote:


> 

> So, if "the Pizza has Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese" is stored as:

> 

> Pizza  Mozzarella

>           Parmesan

> 

> in a single, uh, record, then if the ordering is unwittingly useful, we

> didn't harm that ordering.




Indeed, but you did make certain query-optimizations impossible. Never 
mind that what you are advocating is basically sloppy data modelling.




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