Database normalisation

Bard

Hi, - a quickie this one...

can anyone point me at a good tutorial resource on the web concering the basics of database normalisation?

Thanks folks,

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Bard

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Hecate

ah the extreme jolliness of software engineering

http://ganymede2.kst.dit.ie/pobyrne/software_engineering_wmt2.htm

i'm pretty sure theres a word doc on normalisation and lds' there somewhere.

Blitzkrieger

Database normalisation - could there be anything more boring

Kali

3rd normal form *shudder*
theory behind it is just so incredibly boring as already stated and mind warpingly confusing.

MiCr0

ahhhhhhhh
i recall the umpleasantness now
/me run out of the building screaming

Blitzkrieger

I always found that oo db design yieded almost the same result as all that 3NF crap and is a hell of a lot easier. For large dbs I suppost the extra efficiency would be noticable but larger systems would have all sorts of redundancy and stuff built in anyway. All in all I doubt it's worth it.

a dba might disagree tho

sha-khan

some good information about normalisation is at:

www.comp.glam.ac.uk/pages/staff/tdhutchings/chapter3/sld001.htm

www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/online/SAD/T07/normal.htm

best regards,

Sha-khan