L' Eomot Inversé (11/13/2011)

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But I wonder how long it will be before someone claims it's a trick question?

paul s-306273 (11/14/2011)

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I'd like to say I don't like these questions - but looking at the posts I appear to be in the minority!

Anybody else out there with me?

martin.whitton (11/14/2011)

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I have to say I'm with you on this one, Paul.

I do acknowledge that different people have different styles of learning and working, and for some people memorizing all the nuances of normalization theory may genuinely help them in their work.

However, the fact that Hugo admits to having to Google this one might suggest that this question is a little on the esoteric side, and that you could be quite good at your job without knowing or caring about the answer!

L' Eomot Inversé (11/14/2011)

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[quote]martin.whitton (11/14/2011)

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[quote]paul s-306273 (11/14/2011)

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I don't for a moment imagine that knowing that Chris Date suggested that Heath Normal Form night be a more suitable name than Boyce-Codd Normal Form would help anyone in their work (unless perhaps their work was writing a book about the history of relation theory development in the early years). But a lot of people find this kind of trivia fun, and there's always the hope that some people will read up either the papers referenced in the explanation or some of the things they find when googling for an answer and learn something useful from that.

martin.whitton (11/14/2011)

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However, the fact that Hugo admits to having to Google this one might suggest that this question is a little on the esoteric side, and that you could be quite good at your job without knowing or caring about the answer!

Hugo Kornelis (11/14/2011)

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[quote]martin.whitton (11/14/2011)

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I never use BI in my work. Yet, I like QotD questions about BI, because they force me to look into technology I normally don't use, and help me learn. I also like trivia questions like this one, because I like to know a bit more than just the bare technical knowledge my job requires - and I also hope that this question will contribute a bit to making the issue and importance of normalization more well-known.