confused about normalisation

From: crossfade <cross_fade_at__REMOVETHIS_hotmail.com>
Date: 2000/01/06
Message-ID: <cc9d4.95$U94.26914691_at_nnrp1.cal.metronet.ca>#1/1

I'm new to databasing and I've just recently been getting my head around mySQL. After talking to some people about databasing, they all seem to mention normalisation. From what I have gathered it is essential to do this when designing any database for optimizational purposes. I have purchased a couple books on mySQL, neither of which describe normalisation at all. Is there anywhere I can go to find out more about this? Possibly any books that would help? Do I even need to know what normalisation is? Thanks. Received on Thu Jan 06 2000 - 00:00:00 CET

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