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Re: Insert a record

From cortical <cb@corticaldata.com.au>
Newsgroups comp.databases.filemaker
Subject Re: Insert a record
Date 2011-10-29 08:26 +1030
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Message-ID <j8f8e2$fus$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink)
References (3 earlier) <yourname-2510111326270001@203-118-185-196.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz> <yourname-2510111614390001@203-118-185-162.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz> <ws21-951670.15003825102011@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu> <j8a2lu$o69$1@speranza.aioe.org> <ws21-73D0F2.14531227102011@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>

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>>
>> Do not use repeating fields. They are hammer and chisel technology, and
>> break first normal form.
>
> There is nothing remotely relational about this application.


There would be if the data dumped into repeat fields was structured into 
a related table as it should be. Bad technique, is bad technique. It 
doesn't matter how simple the database is.

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