You mentioned Query Analyzer in your story yet I do not believe that Yukon (SQL Server 2K5) includes QA or anything like it. Sure the workbench allows you to...

David,

     Your piece about the 3 types in an organization is some of the best stuff (for lack of a better word) that I have come across in a long...

  I love this thread!  It is so refreshing to see persons so set on following a Best Practices mentality with SQL instead of shortcutting it.  I see so much...

Don,

<<I apologize for the confusion. I believe a careful reading of the article will make this very clear, but to summarize: The three separate tables, each with a single type...

I believe the 'wordiness' of the article has left me confused as to exactly what the articles author's opinion is about lookup tables. Is he making the case that...