omegadev21 (12/1/2015)
@ JeffThanks again for the input. Its nice to know this can be done but in the end, I made the developer cave and follow a normalized schema that I designed, because of two main reasons: (1) the DBA was seeing some performance spikes, and two I was getting inconsistent data from the dev.
That's absolutely the best path and I normally try to work that type of thing out with data providers no matter who they are. It does sometimes involve a "Pork chop dinner" but usually more gentle negotiations are sufficient. Thanks for the feedback.
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.