>Steve-
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>I appreciate you voicing your views. I've read a lot on "Data Normalization" and I guess I wanted to here the views of FoxPro programmers on the UT.
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>One pitfall I would like to avoid is over-normalization. The two symptoms of over-normilization I have found is too complicated and too slow.
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>That may not be the case here but if I'm going to raise the level of complexity, I better have a good reason.
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>Higher complexity usually equates to increased maintenance hours.
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Dan,

Proper normalization is more flexible, I think. I also think it leads to lower maintenance. Making changes to a table will have fewer unexpected side effects, because each table has a clear purpose.

I hope others chime in, too. I think it is an interesting topic of discussion.