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From: mjr@well.UUCP (Matthew Rapaport)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Normalized Databases
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Date: Sat, 18-Apr-87 15:53:51 EST
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I wasn't thinking so much about teaching someone a query language
as designing a database in the first place.  Knowing the logical
advantages to normalization, it makes sense to begin that way, and
make deliberate and reasoned decisions NOT to normalize when
appropriate
yours truely
mjr@well