[AccessD] normalization question

Susan Harkins harkins at iglou.com
Mon Mar 10 12:53:00 CST 2003


Yes, I agree...

but in the process of making your paper lists -- when?


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>
> you do it before turning the PC on when your designing the structures. The
> theory is that the data is normalised before you actually create the
tables
> physically.
>
> Martin
>
> (<:
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> Quoting Charlotte Foust <cfoust at infostatsystems.com>:
>
> > I tend to do it at the time so I don't forget.  Of course, as we get
> > older our memory ... Uh, what was I saying?  <vbg>
> >
> > Charlotte Foust
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Susan Harkins [mailto:harkins at iglou.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 3:36 PM
> > To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
> > Subject: [AccessD] normalization question
> >
> >
> > When you remove a field to another table (for whatever reason), do you
> > immediately create the foreign key in the original table, or do you
> > wait
> > until you've completely normalized each table and then return to the
> > tables and insert all the foreign keys then?
> >
> > I tend to do it later because the nature of a single field can change.
> >
> > Does anyone know if the relational model requires a particular
> > routine?
> >
> > Just curious.
> >
> > Susan H.
> >
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