Short Fuse Media wrote: > Dear god - I'm staring at a db table with 109 columns, 300k records, > that needs to be normalized to approximately 50k records across multiple > (non existant mind you) tables. Heh, anyone else out there that have > similar horror stories so I don't feel so alone out here? Heh....
There was this place (an information broker!!!) where I asked about the database and they pointed to a directory with several thousand Word documents ... Luckily I didn't take the first plane home, because in the end it wasn't bad at all. The new database was about 60 tables, I did a fresh import off all the utility tables (country codes, currency signs etc.), they hired a temp to import a few hundred old files they needed for that months editions and the rest was added on the fly. The turnover of the information was about 4 months so they just started entering the new information in the database and in 4 months the switch was complete. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get Instant Hacker Protection, Virus Detection, Antispam & Personal Firewall. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=62 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170487 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
