RE: Database Normalization

From: Melanie Caffrey <mcaffrey_at_proximo.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 11:29:26 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005D5777.20031103112926@fatcity.com>

Thanks, Rachel.

Obvious answers like the below elude my overworked and sleep-deprived brain right now .... :)

Long work weekend and all that ...

Guess I'll leave poor Sams alone, then.

-----Original Message-----
Rachel Carmichael
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 2:15 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

change the url to www.tinyurl.com/th7i

• Melanie Caffrey <mcaffrey_at_proximo.com> wrote:
  >
  > Hi Jared,
  >
  >
  > Just so I'm clear which one to avoid, are you referring to the one
  > that links to the excerpt from this book?
  >
  > Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 21 Days, Second Edition
  >
  > The reason I'm asking is I entered your URL below but received a "Page
  > Not Found" error.
  >
  > When I searched the TinyURL site for "normalization" hits, this is
  > what I came up with.
  >
  > Thanks,
  > Melanie
  >
  > -----Original Message-----
  > Jared.Still_at_radisys.com
  > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 1:34 PM
  > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
  >
  >
  >
  >
  > List,
  >
  > Doing some reading on Normalization today. We actually have the
  > opportunity to create a database and app, and it's been so long since
  > I've done this
  > on a real
  > project, a refresher was in order.
  >
  > I have the annoying habit of knowing what to do with normalization,
  > based on past education and experience, but having difficulty
  > explaining it to others.
  > This is the kind
  > of thing that makes Cary Millsap nuts. ( read the book if you don't
  > know
  > why )
  >
  > Mladen would no doubt find this very simple.
  >
  > Anyway, in the course of finding some recent web pages on this, one of
  > the better
  > was at a SQL server magazine site:
  > http://www.sqlmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=4887&pg=1
  >
  > The reason for writing however, was to show you the worst one so far:
  > www.tinyurl/th7i
  >
  > Basically, 'normalize unless it's inconvenient'.
  >
  > Jared
  >
  >
  >
  

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