On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 09:06:43AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Modern database systems, especially PostgreSQL, are much faster with a proper
> relational schema than with an inadequate flat-file table, due to the
> efficient storage of data ... i.e., no redundancy.
Are you sure you want to say it that strongly? After all, if you
have a data set which needs always to be returned in the same static
format, why not just denormalise it? It's sure faster that way in
every system I've ever encountered.
It's only when you actually have relations to cope with that it
ceases to be an advantage. So, as usual, it depends on what you're
trying to do.
A
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