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1. A post about relational databases where the word "relation" is never used. Resulting in...
2. Missing the whole idea/point of relational databases--that relations are logical data structures, not physical data structures. Resulting in...
3. Thinking that normalization applies to the physical table structure, rather than the logical relation structure. And...
4. Not realizing that there are only 3 relations being represented by the 6-table representation. Resulting in...
5. A lot of writing about an absurd false dichotomy.
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1. A post about relational databases where the word "relation" is never used. Resulting in...
2. Missing the whole idea/point of relational databases--that relations are logical data structures, not physical data structures. Resulting in...
3. Thinking that normalization applies to the physical table structure, rather than the logical relation structure. And...
4. Not realizing that there are only 3 relations being represented by the 6-table representation. Resulting in...
5. A lot of writing about an absurd false dichotomy.