December 2020
Beginner
640 pages
14h 45m
English
On Normalization
I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.
—UNKNOWN
People often wonder why I didn’t cover normalization in the previous editions of this book, given that it has been part of traditional database design for such a long time. The fact is that it’s unnecessary for me to discuss it for two reasons:
A thorough discussion that would do justice to the subject is beyond the scope of this work, especially given the nontraditional design methodology I present here and the “for mere mortals” nature of the approach to the material.
Normalization is actually incorporated into my design process anyway. (I’ll explain ...