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Re:A Simple Guide to Five Normal Forms in Relational Databas... by sovande on Sunday August 01, 2010 @06:15PM (#1566229)
Thanks, nice to get a refresher on the fifth normal form. Though in practice I have yet to see anything behind the third normal form used; "The Key, the whole Key, and nothing but the Key, so help me Codd"
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Re:A Simple Guide to Five Normal Forms in Relational Databas... by ergo98 on Monday August 02, 2010 @10:54AM (#1567778)
Almost everyone honours the 4th normal form without thinking about it. I think the "the 3rd normal form is the practical level" just became a bit of a meme.
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