Re: A Normalization Question

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"Neo" <neo55592_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4b45d3ad.0407121454.7662fcd6_at_posting.google.com...
> > Once you understand why we normalize you will understand why the notion
of
> > redundancy is defined in database theory as it is and why multiple
> > occurrences of the same string in a data structure are not
> > necessarily redundant.

> Multiple occurances of the same string is necessarily redundant. It
> requires a limited data model and definitions to obscure this fact.

You should give an example with multiple occurences of quantities. Like "this box is 1 cm thick, 1 kg heavy and cost only 1$"

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