Re: Define "flatten database" ?
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:13:37 -0600
Message-ID: <OsKdnS21t9LguI3fRVn-sA_at_eatel.net>
Wow, ya'll started up the flatten database argument again? I saw the beginnings a few weeks ago. Did the original guy (some DBA interviewing) ever get his question answered? lol
"Jan Hidders" <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be> wrote in message
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> Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> >
> > By this definition, it appears that converting XML to
> > comma-delimited would be flattening. XML does not, to my knowledge,
> > use the term "normal form", so this flattening would not be
> > denormalising.
>
> Just for the record, there is actually such a thing as the XML normal
> form. The theory on that is by no means complete yet, but developing
> quite rapidly. There's the work by Arenas and Libkin, but also by
> Millist Vincent.
>
> -- Jan Hidders
Received on Mon Feb 14 2005 - 05:13:37 CET