Re: Foreign key problem
From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:14:14 GMT
Message-ID: <q6_jg.24613$iF6.13571_at_pd7tw2no>
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> What makes you think that including the entire key 'denormalizes' ?
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:14:14 GMT
Message-ID: <q6_jg.24613$iF6.13571_at_pd7tw2no>
Bob Badour wrote:
> paul c wrote:
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>> 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.
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> What makes you think that including the entire key 'denormalizes' ?
Right, I shouldn't have said 'denormalizing'. Wasn't thinking when I echoed the OP's word, just preoccupied with my foreign key bugaboo.
p Received on Wed Jun 14 2006 - 22:14:14 CEST