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Re:A Simple Guide to Five Normal Forms in Relational Databas... by giardini on Sunday August 01, 2010 @11:48PM (#1566773)
Why downmod him so? His implication that the term "junction table" is nonstandard terminology is correct.

Despite 45 years in IT and a good 25 years of relational databases, I don't recall having heard (or read) the term "junction table" in a technical discussion. A cursory Google search indicates it may be recent terminology from the Microsoft corner of the universe.

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Re:A Simple Guide to Five Normal Forms in Relational Databas... by Confusion on Monday August 02, 2010 @02:28AM (#1567027) 

  Why downmod him so?
Probably because many here don't like someone badmouthing another over something so small.
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Re:A Simple Guide to Five Normal Forms in Relational Databas... by arethuza on Monday August 02, 2010 @05:17AM (#1567226)
I don't think I've ever heard the term either. However, in the context I don't think it's that difficult to work out what is meant.
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