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Re: Relation or attribute and why

From: Gene Wirchenko <genew_at_ucantrade.com.NOTHERE>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 09:10:18 -0700
Message-ID: <5sc672hhhicbdp39oc88brsgutc014grih@4ax.com> 





On 23 May 2006 03:41:44 -0700, "Tony Andrews" <andrewst_at_onetel.com>
wrote:



[snip]



>Occam's razor?  There is no gain (that I can think of) in separating a

>person's name into a separate table Name that has a 1:1 relationship

>with the table Person, while there is a cost in terms of complexity.




     A person's name?  Which one?  I have two: Eugene Michael
Wirchenko and Chen Jin Bai.



Sincerely,



Gene Wirchenko
Received on Tue May 23 2006 - 11:10:18 CDT












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