On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Philip Camilleri < philip.camill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi David, > > simply put -- No! > > It's not quite good design, and you risk having several issues down the > road. Better to split the table in two (even though from a normalized design > perspective, that's not quite right -- however, you give yourself a lot more > flexibility, and then can either create a view joining both tables, or just > join in your queries). > > Phil. > Well, I'm not totally convinced, and I haven't described my scenario in any detail to try to convince you. But it's food for thought that I will duly consider. Whenever I see myself getting too fancy, Occam's Razor makes me skeptical of my own thinking. And I do have the Razor here hovering over my shoulder. -- David Mintz http://davidmintz.org/ It ain't over: http://www.healthcare-now.org/
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