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Re:A humble guide to database schema design by awaythrower on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @06:55PM (#22808363)
Firstname lastname is too fragile and oversimplified. Suffix, prefix and a variable number of middle names/initials can also be necessary. Occasionally, legal name vs. nickname is also needed. But if there's no pressing need for grouping or sorting by surname, why piecemeal any of it out?

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