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Re: Shall I apply normalization in the following case?

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On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 23:56 -0200, Jorge Godoy wrote:
> You can always normalize and not use an artificial key.
> 
> You'd end up with:
> 
> 
> measurement (normalization)
> ===========
> id | value | measurement_unit_id | measurement_type_id
> ------------------------------------------------------
>         1   0.23     mm                    width
>         2   0.38     mm                    width
>         2   0.72     mm                    width

How is this different? It looks like you just added some FKs, which
don't change the normal form.

Regards,
	Jeff Davis


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