over-normalized?

From: Saira Somani <saira_somani_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 08:00:11 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00538852.20030123080011@fatcity.com>

Is there such thing as an over-normalized database design? What defines over-normalization? And what are its consequences? (Other than the obvious degraded database performance and lots of tuning)

I hear rumblings that our ERP system is over-normalized.

Just curious,

Thanks!

Saira Somani
IT Support/Analyst
Hospital Logistics Inc.

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