[comp.databases] Normalization and Physical Design

maas@alf.sybase.com (Mike Maas) (08/04/89)

I've been watching the discussion on normalization and would like to point
out that Donovan Hsieh and Larry Rowe are both correct IMHO in pointing out
that it is sometimes necessary to denormalize for peformance reasons.

There are two new books out in 1989 that I did not see posted and again IMHO
are some of the best books on these issues.  They are:

_Handbook of Relational DataBase Design_ by Candace Fleming and Barbara 
Von Halle  and
_DB-2 Design and Development Guide_ by Gabrielle Wiorkowski and David Krull

They are both published by Addison Wesley.