Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] An Introduction to SODA in LedgerSMB

2007-11-25 Thread Chris Travers
On Nov 25, 2007 8:09 PM, Joshua D. Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Although a correct view it is not a practical view :), which is my > point. Normalizing out past (really 3rd) 4th form becomes not only a > serious conceptual problem but an even more serious application problem > in terms of pe

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] An Introduction to SODA in LedgerSMB

2007-11-25 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Chris Travers wrote: > On Nov 23, 2007 9:53 AM, Joshua D. Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> 1: The database should be designed independently of the application >>> at first. All fields in the database should be semantically atomic >>> and should be broken out as much as possible. Additionall