> I have seen some of your other comments and I think I get > more impressed with your thinking everytime you make a > comment.
Unfortunately, it's not like I came up with the idea of normalization. I'm just standing on the shoulders of giants, as they say. > I too believe in Data normalization. One of the problems > that I am running into now is that on the project I am on > the data is denormalized and the client (NASA) wants to > keep using the existing database with existing data. I am > making some major changes that will help but not fix the > problem. If they want even more functionality than they > have now it will be almost impossible with database built > the way it is. The worst is the implied foreign key.. If I had a dollar for every time I ran into this, I'd have retired by now. It's very difficult to fix normalization problems after the fact, especially in production systems. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
