Deep Normalization. Was: A Normalization Question

From: Mikito Harakiri <mikharakiri_nospaum_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 26 Jul 2004 17:03:09 -0700
Message-ID: <8a529bb.0407261603.3a820055@posting.google.com>

andrewst_at_onetel.net.uk (Tony) wrote in message news:<c0e3f26e.0407240236.57f13520_at_posting.google.com>...
> neo55592_at_hotmail.com (Neo) wrote in message news:<4b45d3ad.0407231622.60b98553_at_posting.google.com>...
> > > Neo, if C J Date or the late Mr Codd himself joined the discussion and
> > > told you that your understanding of normalisation is completely
> > > warped, would you believe it then? Is your belief that they would
> > > support you, or do you think that they are as wrong as the rest of us?
> >
> > www.xdb2.com/Basic/Name.asp
>
> Is that supposed to be an answer? A hierarchy showing that the name
> "bob" can be decomposed into "b", "o" and "b"? Mindblowing...

Does "normalization" really stop there? One can decompose "b" into bits! But, that would be brand new super thingiest XDb3, of course.

BTW, check out this idea

http://tinyurl.com/4h3z6

Don't rush into implementation, however. Decomposing numbers into multiple columns in the database is patented. Received on Mon Jul 26 2004 - 19:03:09 CDT