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- nice analysis - however, I wouldn't say I have any stature as a dev in my day job, except that I am the only one here who knows anything about db/c#/vb/etc... so guess I'm part time dev by default. this is a fairly small project, so the consultants sheer number of tables and joins left me saying "wtf" (but thanks to you fine folk I am now saying "oic...")Jim– Jim2011-09-30 18:09:31 +00:00Commented Sep 30, 2011 at 18:09
- Quite an old topic, but still relevant... refactoring may be very hard, imagine you need multiple departments in the future instead of one, but have only a department ID in Users as FK. You will likely end up with duplicate referendes (Users.DeptID and UsersDepartmentsTable) or complete garbage, like comma-separated lists in Users.DeptID, or XML. The correct solution could not be easily added, as suggested by YAGNI or KISS, but would be obstructed.Erik Hart– Erik Hart2015-10-05 09:45:57 +00:00Commented Oct 5, 2015 at 9:45
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