Re: Normalizing vs. Denormalizing
From: Chin-Moy Tripathy <ctripath_at_ucs.att.com>
Date: 1996/03/27
Message-ID: <1996Mar27.150512.19327_at_ucseng.ucs.att.com>#1/1
Date: 1996/03/27
Message-ID: <1996Mar27.150512.19327_at_ucseng.ucs.att.com>#1/1
In article <4j8rml$gom_at_raffles.technet.sg>, Peter Beahan <beahanpj_at_pacific.net.sg> writes:
>I find it hard to believe that a normalized database is better than
>denormalized database.
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Both have their advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes it is advised to denormalize to improve performance of the applications. On the otherhand denormalizing too much will lead to various anomalies in insert, update, delete (any relational db book will explain these).
Any theory will advise you for a 3NF approach Received on Wed Mar 27 1996 - 00:00:00 CET