Re: A Normalization Question

From: Neo <neo55592_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 6 Jul 2004 10:53:25 -0700
Message-ID: <4b45d3ad.0407060953.4e111054@posting.google.com>

> > With respect to dbs, normalization is the process of eliminating or
> > replacing duplicate things with a reference to the original thing
> > being represented.
>
> Not things, *facts*! Normalization is about preventing that a certain
> fact is being represented in more than one way.

Give me an accurate definition of fact and I will show 'brown' can also be a fact.

> That's why having several copies of the string "Brown" is not redundancy.

"Having several copies" (ie 'brown', 'brown', 'brown') is redundant. It requires a limited data model to ignore this fact. Received on Tue Jul 06 2004 - 12:53:25 CDT