From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Way to stop recursion?
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:36:25 -0500
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On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 04:31:11PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> Seems to me that your real problem is a bogus database layout. If there
> should only be one "common" value for a parent and children, then only
> store one value ... that is, "common" should exist only in the parent.
Tom's answers always make me realise that I should think harder
before I talk. He's right, of course: one common value means store
it once.
A
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Andrew Sullivan | ajs@crankycanuck.ca
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