Database normalization and DRY

petdance on 2006-03-25T02:51:04

From Peter Corlett on the london.pm mailing list

"A relational database is a collection of facts, and normalising them is a way to ensure there are no contradictions. If you think DRY is just a memory-saving optimisation, you've rather missed the point."


What a great way to put it!


Yes

jdavidb on 2006-04-07T14:39:44

Very true, and thank you for sharing this very insightful way of expressing it.

Memory is cheap. Fixing errors is expensive.