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Re: Foreign key problem

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:50:19 GMT
Message-ID: <LTYjg.393$Zk3.11230@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca> 





paul c wrote:



> Rich Ryan wrote:

> 


>> ...
>> At the end of the day, foreign keys is an  implementation issue. But Ted
>> Codd had a lot to say about the domain of foreign keys. The "glue".




> 

> If you are saying that foreign keys are THE "glue", the fact that nobody 

> can seem to apply them to the OP's schema without denormalizing suggests 

> they aren't always so.




What makes you think that including the entire key 'denormalizes' ?
Received on Wed Jun 14 2006 - 13:50:19 CDT












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