[AccessD] Normalization discussion

"Is it reasonable to just add a fk to all those child tables in my parent
table?"  More than reasonable, IMO.  Makes life easy in the front end.

Again, if you need any help, please contact me off line.  Be happy to do it.

R


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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 6:07 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] Normalization discussion

I'll spend the morning rereading the book Martin and I wrote, brushing up on
the normalization part. I've forgotten a lot of the basics. I'm writing an
animal tracing database in Access and I'm trying to remember if it matters
where the fk goes. Now, I remember its purpose and all that, but it would be
so much simpler if I could just drop them all into the main table instead of
adding a fk to all the child tables to the main table -- I think anyway.

So, I've got a main table of animals and all of the remaining tables are
child tables of a sort and a few lookup tables. Is it reasonable to just add
a fk to all those child tables in my parent table?

I just don't remember. I haven't built a database in... seriously... 10
years? It's been long enough that I'm really struggling.

Susan H.
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