Ganga-236835 (4/26/2013)
....Adding these columns to each parent's object just does not make sense. There is no supporting case, at least in this system, where it would make sense to add all these extra nullable columns to each parent object's table. Abstracting it to the separate table is the most logical route.
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Just as a matter of interest, can you list out those parent objects?
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