Re: Dawn doesn't like 1NF

"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message news:f5n9d.431931$8_6.397574_at_attbi_s04...
> "Dan" <guntermann_at_verizon.com> wrote in message
> news:1Qd9d.12265$na.4447_at_trnddc04...
>>
>> This is the core issue in my mind. 1NF is critical, not because it is
>> the
>> right way to organize data necessarily, but because it is an essential
>> criterion for specifying domain values, as data, or as part of
>> expressions
>> in logic.
>
> Can you provide an example of a difficulty that would arise if
> we relaxed 1NF?
>
>

I'll try to articulate my position and bolster my case with examples. It might take me a little bit of time, though. Something that is quite scarce for me these days.

Regards,

• Dan