Re: Reminder, blatant ad

From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 4 Feb 2006 10:39:20 -0800
Message-ID: <1139078360.721221.95240@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

Jan Hidders wrote:
>
> > My beef with the RM is related both to normalization theory as taught
> > in colleges and universities, discussed in the Is Codd Dead? blog
> > and to the way the RM, or parts thereof, are used in the practice of
> > software development and maintenance today. It shapes the thinking of
> > software developers in ways that are often not the most effective.
>
> I have really no idea where this comes from. When I teach normalization
> I do that in the context of the relational model.

My general sense is that when Dawn is criticising normalization she means specifically 1NF. I don't think she has any beef with, say, BCNF. I could be wrong.

Marshall Received on Sat Feb 04 2006 - 12:39:20 CST