Re: Define "flatten database" ?

silversw2000_at_yahoo.com wrote:

> I had a database analyst interview yesterday on the phone, and the
> interviewer brought up the phrase: "I flattened the database".
>
> I did not obfuscate in replying to her thread, but was able to avoid
> having to know what she meant by that term.
>
> Can someone define "flatten database" for me, in 100 words or less (OK
> 500 words is fine).
>
> Fred Z.
>

Denormalize.

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