RE: Normalization
- From: Pete Sharman <peter.sharman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 04:53:08 +1000
I still actually have that book (largely because it's where I got the line =
in my sig from) and in that version it quotes George Koch (Oracle7, The Com=
plete Reference) as saying "No major application will run in Third Normal F=
orm". Kevin's book was actually written in 94, but you were pretty close.
I had a scan through the 10g version of the complete reference, and can't s=
ee that same quote anywhere.
=
Pete
=
"Controlling developers is like herding cats."
Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook
=
"Oh no, it's not. It's much harder than that!"
Bruce Pihlamae, long-term Oracle DBA
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Subject: RE: Normalization
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Subject: Re: Normalization
On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 11:09, Daniel Fink wrote:
> I recall a quotation to the effect that no database will perform adequate=
ly
> in 3rd Normal Form. To me this defines the difference between theory and
...
I first saw this in the first editon of the Official Oracle DBA Hanbook, =
published by Oracle Press; the edition which covered Version 6 and the =
beginnings of Version 7.(circa 1993) I no longer have that book, but I =
remembered it being in the 8i edition. I found it on page 323, where =
it is attributed to ORACLE8: the Complete Reference. I don't know if =
it has disappeared from more recent editions.
The reason for bringing this all up is that 10 years ago, this was reasonab=
le
advice. In the systems I have worked with in the last two years, I have
honestly never come accross a situation where denormalizing was ever needed=
.=
In fact, we have had several situations where the solution was to re-normal=
ize an old denormalized design.
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