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"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
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> The trouble with avoiding normalization is that it tells you what not to
> do, but it doesn't tell you what to do.
>
> It's sort of like asking a carpenter how to build a dome shaped residence,
> and having him say, "don't use right angles."
Normalization rules are tests, not a process, so you're right... but there are procedures you can derive from the rules. Received on Mon Apr 12 2004 - 11:19:59 CDT
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