Stephen the Cook wrote: > Paul Newton <> wrote: > >> Stephen the Cook wrote: >> >>> Jim Dettman <> wrote: >>> >>>> Strictly speaking, a single table for lookup values is not >>>> normalized. >>>> >>> Bull! >>> >>> Trust me they are all Normalized to a single table ... Stephen >>> Russell >>> >>> >> Sorry Stephen, I trust Jim on this one >> > > Because you’re a sissy? http://www.kottke.org/04/10/normalized-data > OK - I checked it out - a LOT of the comments were in disagreement with the thesis > I come from the line of once the table is in ram it's easily accessible. If > 5 lookups are necessary, do you use 5 tables? Five lookups of the same (type of) thing or lookups of five different (kinds of) things ? > If the lookup is Yes or No do > you put that to it's own table? > I've always had reservations about reductio ad absurdum ... in your case I might make an exception. > How far do you go before you realize that it's extreme or obscene?
Obscene ? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - I guess the same could be said of obscenity ! Paul Newton _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
