Synopsis: Metadata Tribbles
Let's see how a poor database design creates more work.
In this lesson, you will see a case showing how a database design creates more work.
Creating the Customers table
My friend worked for years as a programmer in Oracle PL/SQL and Java. She described a case that showed how a database design that was intended to simplify work instead created more work.
The Sales division at her company maintained a table Customers that kept data such as customers’ contact information, their business type, and how much revenue had been received from each customer:
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