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Re: The fable of DEMETRIUS, CONSTRAINTICUS, and AUTOMATICUS

From: Laconic2 <laconic2_at_comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:59:58 -0400
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"Tony Andrews" <andrewst_at_onetel.com> wrote in message
news:1098357637.473112.10850_at_z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...



> The fact is, we have to impose restrictions of some kind when designing

> tables - unless we start using VARCHAR2(4000) or CLOB for every column!

> But to restrict the SALARY column to NUMBER(5) just because the

> highest earner now is on $85,000 would be rather foolish.

>




Agreed.



But can we also agree that this is a question of data analysis, and not a
question of data design?
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