4 ms·
> Normalization does not mean "the same string can only appear once". It can, if you want to easily update an email address, or easily remove all references to
by nzealand 5y ago
> Normalization does not mean "the same string can only appear once".
It can, if you want to easily update an email address, or easily remove all references to an email address because it is PII.
- alksjoflkajsom 5y agoThat's not what normalization normally means, no. See eg wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_normalization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_normalization