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The purpose of normalization is not to save storage. In fact it might often require more storage, since it involves introducing a foreign-key column. It really
by bazoom42 6mo ago
The purpose of normalization is not to save storage. In fact it might often require more storage, since it involves introducing a foreign-key column. It really depends on the data in question whether it saves storage or require more.
- hilariously 6mo agoFair, I said one of the big benefits, not the purpose - in some cases it can require more storage (but that storage is often more amenable to compression) -but generally deduplicating your data doesn't increase your storage needs.
- zaphirplane 6mo agoThat forign key column is saving duplicating multiple columns But I don’t think that’s the top 5 reasons of normalization