Re: Anyone have a well normalized DB2 database and use RPG? -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Anyone have a well normalized DB2 database and use RPG?
From: "Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 19:25:06 -0300
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It is usual to put a "balance" in master files, even if in a normalized database must be calculated as the sun of the transactions. This because cost of sum, but in 7.1 you can create an EVI over the transaction table, and get the sum very fast, so no need to "de-normalize" to gain performance.

Nathan Andelin wrote:

I began normalizing database tables to 3rd + normal form in 1982; still do today.

-Nathan

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