Robert Pepersack wrote: > My agency has a contractor that created a PostgreSQL database that he > calls "object-oriented". I noticed that the contractor has more than > one value in a column separated by commas. In the relational world, > this obviously violates first normal form. When I asked about it, he > said that it's because PostgreSQL is an "object-oriented database". > I'm very skeptical.
What kind of "comma-separated"? If it's an array (i.e. perhaps a column declared as text[]), then maybe it's not that wrong, as has been said elsewhere on the thread (but I would agree with you that if there's no specific reason to do things that way, it's probably less right than your contractor wants to admit). If it is actually a single text column with comma separated values, and the splitting is done client-side, I'd hazard that you're probably right in placing blame in the contractor. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
