Paul Berzukov posted
totally agree with Don Peterson's position on the matter but please note neither original poster nor anybody else in this thread is suggesting the creation of a general purpose lookup code table.
Paul, take a look at the example data provided under "Status Master Data" and you will see "table name" as one of the columns, hence Don Peterson's article on a flawed design is applicable.
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