Re: A Normalization Question

> > Having the same person three times in a db is redundant.
> > Having the same string three times in a db is redundant.
> > Having the same thing three times in a db is redundant.
>
> You keep treating redundancy and normalization as if
> they were the same things; they're not.

With respect to dbs, normalization is the process of eliminating or replacing duplicate (redundant) things with a reference to the original thing being represented. If one interprets it as treating redundancy and normalization as the same thing, one is correct (in their own mind). Received on Mon Jul 12 2004 - 18:16:14 CEST