>Yes, I understand exactly what you are trying to explain to me, there are not duplicated columns in the table, the database is as normalized as it can be, I'm sure any of you guys could normalize it even better, but the way I see it sometimes a little "denormalization" is good, it makes it easier to
>generate reports and to run queries.
>anyhow I really appreciate you guys taking the time to make the situation
>clearer for me.
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Agree, sometimes denormalization makes live easier :-)