Let me add, I am referring to OLTP systems, not Data Warehouses. Thanks, Jared On 11/9/05, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Sorry for the somewhat off-topic here, but this is really > the only place to ask this. > > I'm looking for cases where you may have purposely > denormalized a table or tables for performance reasons. > > Things that come to mind are calculated fields, repeating > groups, etc. > > If you reply, please supply enough detail so that I can > reproduce the table structure. Some idea of the size > of the table(s) in number of rows would also be helpful. > > If possible, please supply any testing information that > made the case for denormalization. > > Please reply off-list. > > Thank you, > > -- > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist > > > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist