Hi Mike,

>Hi Jim
>
>They didn't review the alternative of inventing anti-gravity <g>. They kept it simpler than that and went with things they were capable of. I'm certain they didn't examine using metric or imperial measurements at every nut and bolt.
>

No, but you can be sure they considered what kind of fastener to use (nut/rivet, glue, etc.) in every distinct application. They didn't just go ahead and standardize on screws and use them everywhere.

>We normalize as much as is reasonable and then we denormalize for performance. Likewise, I'll use views/queries most of the time and I'll use older traditional approaches in those cases where performance is really critical. That way I won't spend all my time re-examining every little piece of code for which approach to take. That sounds simpler to me.

OK. But I do seem to remember a certain person having some fun wringing every microsecond of performance out of bits of code < s >. And as the TAG on DELETED() now shows, it matters to review things periodically to continue to be on top of things.

Cheers,

JimN