Object Relational Mappers are evil (a meditation)
Ethan Furman
ethan at stoneleaf.us
Thu Oct 15 14:57:07 EDT 2009
Mick Krippendorf wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
>
>> Many such designs make mistakes like using multiple columns
>>(or, even worse, comma-separated values) instead of many-to-many
>>relationships.
>
>
> BTW, the comma-separted-values-in-a-field is officially called the First
> Anormal Form. There *has to be* some value to it since I've seen it used
> quite a few times...
>
> Mick.
Just because you've seen something, doesn't mean it has value; just
because something has value, doesn't mean the value outweighs the
associated disadvantages.
I'm not saying you're wrong, just that you may not be right. ;-)
~Ethan~
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