Re: In an RDBMS, what does "Data" mean?

• Post for FREE via your newsreader at post.usenet.com ****

"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:ytGdnbun6_bPrlLdRVn-uQ_at_comcast.com...
>
> "x" <x-false_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:40cf2a4a$1_at_post.usenet.com...
>
> > What is the difference between a simple, sound design of a star schema
and
> a
> > fully normalized relational database ?
>
> Is this a rhetorical question or do you really want to know?

I really want to know. (is this so strange ?)

> > They "got it" because there was a "hint" somewhere.
> > After all, you designed a "star schema".
> > You were lucky.
>
> I still think luck had little to do with it.

Ok, you are a smart person working with smart tools builded by smart peoples at the right time and this was not an accident.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

• Usenet.com - The #1 Usenet Newsgroup Service on The Planet! *** http://www.usenet.com Unlimited Download - 19 Seperate Servers - 90,000 groups - Uncensored -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=