Re: If you were going to learn...

Subject: Re: If you were going to learn...
From: Michele Marques <msmarques -at- rogers -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 07:38:28 -0500


Bonnie Granat writes:
> Also, can someone define "normalization" [in the context of relational
> databases]? The word is used and used and used but never defined in
> stuff I've seen.

This concept is discussed in databases classes, database textbooks, and even in some tool-specific books (an advanced Access book I used several years ago devoted a chapter to normalization).

The general idea of normalization is to reduce redundancy within your database.

From a search in google on "+normalization +database" I found the following three URLs that have a lot of good information for you on this topic):
http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~l384k11w/normover.html
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q100139
http://www.sqlmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=4887&pg=1

- Michele Marques
msmarques -at- rogers -dot- com
http://members.rogers.com/msmarques



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