Re: foundations of relational theory?

byrmol <member27348_at_dbforums.com> wrote in message news:<3513894.1066887200_at_dbforums.com>...
> >>Data integrity is simplified, normalisation is greatly simplified and
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> >>there's no need to optimise anything.
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> How can you normalise a non-1NF compliant database? I thought by
> definition that was impossible...

It doesn't *always* make sense to store everything in the same item. It's often best mix and match. If you want to, you can go the whole hog and normalise everything - not use multivalues at all - although if you go to that extreme you seldom end up with a silk purse. Received on Thu Oct 23 2003 - 11:38:52 CEST