Re: Views for denomalizing

"David Cressey" <david.cressey_at_earthlink.net> wrote in message news:2LKMd.65$oO.8_at_newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
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> "Alan" <not.me_at_rcn.com> wrote in message
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> > Normalization occurs at a logical level (note I did not say "the"
logical
> > level, as I am just distinguishing logical from physical, not getting
into
> > logical vs conceptual- IOW, let's say logical and conceptual are the
same
> > thing, and are different from physical, just for this discussion.).
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> Let's not. let's say that the conceptual level and the logical level are
> different, and that normalization
> is generally NOT done at the conceptual level. Why not? Because it will
be
> done later at the logical level, and it contributes nothing to the
> communication between people that the conceptual level facilitates.
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Look- I was trying to explain it in simple terms and not cloud the issue. For the purpose of this discussion (views and normalization) the distinction between conceptual and logical is not important. Also, there have been numerous dicussions here (arguments) about what is conceptual vs. logical. That is why I specifically stated why I was avoiding the distinction. So what happens? You bring it up anyway. Received on Fri Feb 04 2005 - 14:55:04 CET