Jim Dettman <> wrote:
> I just went down this road not too long ago. All I can say is;
> it's nice to be in control<g>.
>
> Strictly speaking, a single table for lookup values is not
> normalized.
> What your doing with the procedures below is to move part of the
> normalization into your code rather then having it in the database
> design.
Bull!
Dude, I have 5 set up tables that are all identical. Pkey, Description, and
other associated crap for table correctness.
Trust me they are all Normalized to a single table, and to have table for 4,
3, or 7 rows each is just to funny. IMO.
Stephen Russell
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