Re: Celko take on EAV

On 5/7/2010 12:33 PM, Richard Broersma wrote:
> <This question isn't a flame bait for the merits of the EAV.>
>
> I'm rereading my Joe Celko's SQL Programming Style and I noticed an
> interesting comment regarding the EAV model (of course he discourages
> its use):
>
> "There are better tools for collecting free-from data."
>
> What tools was he referring to?
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entity-attribute-value_model
has notes on other models.

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