Re: [GENERAL] arrays

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dan Langille <dan(at)langille(dot)org>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Mike Sosteric <mikes(at)athabascau(dot)ca>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] arrays
Date: 2002-09-30 16:09:12
Message-ID: 200209301609.g8UG9Ce23126@candle.pha.pa.us
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Dan Langille wrote:
> On 30 Sep 2002 at 8:54, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> > As such, I'd reccommend one of two approaches for you:
> >
> > 1) Post some of your schema ideas here, and let us show you how they
> > are better done relationally. The relational data model has 30 years
> > of thought behind it -- it can solve a lot of problems.
>
> Mike,
>
> Just in case you or others think Josh is some crazed lunatic[1] who
> doesn't know what he's talking about, I support his views on this
> topic. Avoid arrays. Normalize your data.
>
> [1] - Actually, I don't think I know anything about Josh, except that
> he's right about normalizing your data.

Yes, arrays have a very small window of usefulness, but the window does
exist, so we haven't removed them.

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