Re: Modeling Address using Relational Theory



On 29 Aug 2005 20:49:44 -0700, "dawn" <dawnwolthuis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>AK wrote:
>> it will be a little bit country specific. You could limit your
>> application for only one country. Or if you cannot figure out all the
>> details for all the countries up front, you might be better off with
>> Line1, Line2, Line3. Alternatively you could plan to have country
>> specific versions
>
>I understand the Line1, Line2, Line3 implementation, but any model with
>those attributes screams "this model is not relational", right? I am

No. It is not 1NF if the attributes can have other than one
value, but the names are irrelevant except that they be unique within
the relation.

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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