Re: NEWBIE: normalization question/help/lost :)

2002-09-09 Thread Brent Baisley
Any experienced database person will probably tell you that reaching fifth normal form usually makes your database cumbersome to work with. Though in theory is the best setup. It looks like you are trying to create a cascading structure, which I think is one of the harder database designs to

Re: NEWBIE: normalization question/help/lost :)

2002-09-08 Thread Amer Neely
After a year of doing database programming, try to actually normalize. Read a couple online tutorials (phpbuilder, devshed) and the book mysql 2nd edition and it just can't seem to stick. Understanding the concept/theory but freeze up every time I try to implement. Trying to go from

NEWBIE: normalization question/help/lost :)

2002-09-07 Thread Thoenen, Peter Mr. EPS
Hello, After a year of doing database programming, try to actually normalize. Read a couple online tutorials (phpbuilder, devshed) and the book mysql 2nd edition and it just can't seem to stick. Understanding the concept/theory but freeze up every time I try to implement. Trying to go from