That said, application devs, on the whole, are not good at data/schema design. It's been my experience (yes, I know anecdotal evidence isn't evidence) that app developers see databases...

I don't think its out of the question that any given project can have problems...

yeah BUT IT BETTER NOT BE...

I've done similar tasks. For me the path to success involves making the regular table look like the audit table, including sticking in the field name from the source regular...

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Regarding ORM's.

ORM's could be discussed forever. and there are some great conversations out there.

My go to google for interesting reading goes something like "sql orm...

edit: These are good conversations but I tend to discuss things to the bitter end to probably nobody's benefit so I'd rather remove my posts at this point!