Re: A Normalization Question
From: Larry Coon <lcnospam_at_assist.org>
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 14:51:46 -0700
Message-ID: <40EDC1F2.CBA_at_assist.org>
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 14:51:46 -0700
Message-ID: <40EDC1F2.CBA_at_assist.org>
Neo wrote:
> While my understanding of normalization may not be perfect, it is
> closer to the general form compared to those who cannot recognize that
> a db containing the string 'brown' three times has redundant data.
Because you're still confusing physical and logical redundancy. And ironically, you're dragging normalization down to physical storage, yet you're referring to it as a "higher" form of normalization.
Larry Coon
University of California
Received on Thu Jul 08 2004 - 23:51:46 CEST