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Re: Define "flatten database" ?

From: Jan Hidders <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be>
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:07:21 GMT
Message-ID: <t4oPd.9870$ny3.637992@phobos.telenet-ops.be> 





Alan wrote:


> [...]  All flattening of a

> relational database is denormalizing. Show me an example that proves

> otherwise, and I'll happily have learned something.




Assume a a binary relation with an atomic first column and a nested 
second column, and also assume that the first columns is a a candidate 
key. In that case unnesting the second column does not introduce redundancy.




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