Re: When does one put data into a separate table?

From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 27 Jul 2005 08:11:52 -0700
Message-ID: <1122477112.285701.29000_at_g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>


David Cressey wrote:
>
> Let me start with Language2 and Language3.
>
> What is the meaning of these two columns? In particular, do they mean the
> same thing? If one person has the code for "Spanish" in Language2, and the
> code for "French" in Language3, while another person has the same two codes,
> permuted, does that carry the same message?

Nice post! This exactly zeroes in on the core issue: semantics.

Marshall Received on Wed Jul 27 2005 - 17:11:52 CEST

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