On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 03:49:12PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Frankly, I don't understand how doing this fixes the problem,
> because now instead of the company name repeating (a string), the
> company name id (an int)repeats. Could someone explain (maybe
> convince is a better word) how
> -Original Message-
> From: Ryan Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 29 October 2001 00:55
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Data Normalization Paradox
>
>
> > Among other criteria, it mentions that in first order normalization
> Among other criteria, it mentions that in first order normalization "No
repeating groups of data are allowed". It then gives a table with 3 rows of
data, and shows that one of the columns (company name) has the same entry in
two of the rows. It says "this table is not in 1st normal form". For
