I'm doing my final CTT+ certification video - which must consist of a twenty (20) minute presentation on a technical topic. I've chosen Data Normalization based on the MS SQL Server Text book and Pubs ...

Good software habits apply to databases too. Trust in these little design tips to build a useful, rot-resistant database schema. It is a universal truth that everything in software eventually rots.

As one works through the normal forms, be it a journey to the placid shores of third normal, or the more arid climes of Boyce-Codd normal form, or even the cloudy peaks of fourth normal and beyond—and ...