If this concept is so simple (simplistic?), why does it take a whole book to elaborate on it?
"Lisa R. Clary" wrote: > [...snip...] > Recently, a consultant who has published a book about > SQL is now telling me that there is a better model--that of value pair > combinations (e.g. variable, value) to which all of the data can be modeled > without the creation of any extra tables. So instead of the 600 tables now > (normalized & with RI) should be broken down into 2 tables--one to hold the > meta data (e.g. variable name and possible values) mapped back to say a > customer table that has a (variable,value,event code,comment) combination > describing everything about that customer. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Charlie Mengler INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
