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Re: Linking tables with multifield primary keys vs. wasted space.

From: mAsterdam <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 02:15:02 +0200
Message-ID: <407c8287$0$575$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> 





ddtl wrote:



> 3) Even if my design is right, it still wastes some space. Is it possible

> to eliminate that problem?




Hi ddtl,


Why would you want to save space? Avoiding redundancy is about making 
maintenance of the data easier, not to save space. Codifying the names
only complicates matters here.



HTH

Received on Tue Apr 13 2004 - 19:15:02 CDT












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