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Could you tell a thing or two about how a normalized/denormalized database schema could affect the UI/UX?

András Váczi
– András Váczi

2013-05-02 18:09:23 +00:00
Commented May 2, 2013 at 18:09
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One big example would be when you normalize the company. If you toss in a link to a screen with an edit button when you click it, you may very well end up with the secretary screw up I mention further up. One alternative, which is a convenience textfield to rename the company, amounts to the same. The last alternative is to have a dumb text field with no ties to the table at all (just like in Outlook), and to tie things back up in a subsequent (or ajax) screen if there is actual need for normalization.

Denis de Bernardy
– Denis de Bernardy

2013-05-02 18:16:02 +00:00
Commented May 2, 2013 at 18:16
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I don't get it. Do you mean an Access database? I think no, as (AFAIK) there is no Ajax in Access. Then why couldn't a middle layer (I mean some logic between the frontend and the database) deal with input validation? I know it is not trivial, but it is far from being impossible.

András Váczi
– András Váczi

2013-05-02 18:24:27 +00:00
Commented May 2, 2013 at 18:24
I'm not saying it's impossible. Merely that it's thorny. And that in practice there's very little value in doing so "properly" considering the joins, validation issues, and UI/UX involved, vs something that would actually cover 99% of cases with a conveniently well known UI, aka Outlook.

Denis de Bernardy
– Denis de Bernardy

2013-05-02 18:33:15 +00:00
Commented May 2, 2013 at 18:33

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