Re: Re: Where to start!

From: Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 13:47:45 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: Where to start!
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On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 13:51 +0100, Tony Marston wrote: > "Richard Heyes" <richardh@phpguru.org> wrote in message > news:481EF634.6010705@phpguru.org... > >> I do not agree that creating a database which is normalised to3NF is a > >> waste of time. > > > > It isn't always, but it is sometimes. When time is a (significant) factor, > > getting something up and running (which has acceptable performance) may be > > more impotant than creating a technically perfect solution. In fact > > creating something that is technically perfect is often just a pipe dream > > for programmers. > > You obviously do not understand what "technically perfect" means when it > comes to data normalisation. 3NF is considered to be "good enough" while > 4NF, 5NF and 6NF is considered to be "perfect". Perfectly tedious ;) Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP

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