Mick Krippendorf wrote:
Steve Holden wrote:
Many such designs make mistakes like using multiple columns
(or, even worse, comma-separated values) instead of many-to-many
relationships.
BTW, the comma-separted-values-in-a-field is officially called the First
Anormal Form. There *has to be* some value to it since I've seen it used
quite a few times...
Mick.
Just because you've seen something, doesn't mean it has value; just
because something has value, doesn't mean the value outweighs the
associated disadvantages.
I'm not saying you're wrong, just that you may not be right. ;-)
~Ethan~
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