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$Zk3.11230_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
>
> If you are saying that foreign keys are THE "glue", the fact that nobody
> can seem to apply them to the OP's schema without denormalizing suggests
> they aren't always so.
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:50:19 GMT
Message-ID: <LTYjg.393$Zk3.11230_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
>> ... >> 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 - 20:50:19 CEST