From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
To: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Mike Sosteric <mikes@athabascau.ca>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] arrays
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 11:59:12 -0400
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In-Reply-To: <web-1734564@davinci.ethosmedia.com>
References: <Pine.SUN.3.96.1020929180740.10131E-100000@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca>
On 30 Sep 2002 at 8:54, Josh Berkus wrote:
> As such, I'd reccommend one of two approaches for you:
>
> 1) Post some of your schema ideas here, and let us show you how they
> are better done relationally. The relational data model has 30 years
> of thought behind it -- it can solve a lot of problems.
Mike,
Just in case you or others think Josh is some crazed lunatic[1] who
doesn't know what he's talking about, I support his views on this
topic. Avoid arrays. Normalize your data.
[1] - Actually, I don't think I know anything about Josh, except that
he's right about normalizing your data.
--
Dan Langille
I'm looking for a computer job:
http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php
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