Please quote when replying. Chris Habgood wrote in post #974782: > Maybe so but you do not have to 3rd level normalize EVERY thing in a db.
Yes, you absolutely *do* have to normalize at least to 3NF. The only excuse for a denormalized schema is if you've actually *measured* that you've got a performance bottleneck that denormalization will solve (note: in 11 years of Web application development, I've never once had to do this). > I > learned to normalize your tables. BUT, now if you have only several > items > that are fixed that are not going to change it is beter to NOT put it in > the > db if you are not going to change it or need it to create an interface > to > manage it. Often true. But that's a separate issue. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.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.
