Re: Large databases

Is this an "n-th" rule of normalization? -:)

Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
ineyman_at_perceptron.com

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> >From: Lyndon Tiu <ltiu_at_alumni.sfu.ca>
> >An "Access DBA" told me after seeing my Oracle/Postgresql database ER
> >Diagram:
> >
> >"Your database is too big. I took an Access course last year and the
> >instructor mentioned that tables should have no more than 4 columns
each."
>
> Just a thought, but if you have more than 4 you're probably not normalized
> very well.
>
> Chris Berry
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