On Mar 19, 5:29=A0pm, --CELKO-- <jcelko...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> I have a number of "clients" which re****t with a string
"client_id,clie=
nt_model,0001001001", when the third part is a binary
>
> string containing client's status. =A0 Each client model can have
> various status message length and interpretation. =A0For each of the
> locations in the status message, stands it's description and it's
> "im****tance level". <<
>
> This is a **very** denormalized design. =A0That is about all we can say
> without more specs. =A0You have what I call an "Automobiles, Squids and
> Britney Spears" design -- many unrelated things forced into a single
> structure that mixes data and metadata together, inviolation of any
> kindof Normal Form. =A0You should handle parsing this mess in the front
> end before it gets to the database. =A0Oh, are these binary strings
high-
> end or low-end, etc.? =A0Then insert the data into normalized tables.
Holy Crap! I can't believe Joe Celko would respond to a post like
this. (FYI - Celko is actually an author of many good books on SQL).
Are you really Joe Celko? Woland - I'd suggest you read his books
after the Head First one. His stuff is a bit more cerebral and
requires a bit of knowledge.
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