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> From: Stefan Hinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2003/11/28 Fri PM 04:45:24 CST
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> CC: David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mysql users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re[3]: Please analyze my project table design
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> >> % I don
>> % I don't know of a DB theory rule that says it's a bad idea to have the same
>> columns in many tables, but it might make the design more compact to take the
>> common stuff and put it into one table.
>> Oh, there is, indeed. CF "normalization" :-)
> Well of course, but that begs the quest
