On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 10:18, Robert Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
> For more details see: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_normal_form#Repeating_groups I had considered suggesting going with a complete separate table of names, containing a person_id (or in this use-case, fullname_id), sequence number, and string, but that seemed like overkill. It would be "normal", but IMHO HAGNI. :-) -Dave -- Specialization is for insects. -RAH | Have Pun, Will Babble! -me Programming Blog: http://codosaur.us | Work: http://davearonson.com Leadership Blog: http://dare2xl.com | Play: http://davearonson.net * * * * * WATCH THIS SPACE * * * * * | Ruby: http://mars.groupsite.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.

