Comment by Franz Kafka on A question regarding the performance of normalization
Thank you, this is very helpful. Unfortunately, I don't have enough reputation to upvote your answer, but I have accepted it.
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Is there a manageable way to deal with this type of information then? I mean, I'm having this much trouble just tackling the US, I can't imagine what it's like to deal with world data...
View ArticleComment by Franz Kafka on How does one know when to stop normalizing?
Interesting to read through your reply. I'm really quite surprised that there isn't some way to measure normalization vs. performance, or any hard and fast rules regarding normalization. In this way I...
View ArticleA question regarding the performance of normalization
I am sorry this is such a newb question, but it is one thing I am having a difficult time wrapping my mind around, and after an evening spent reading I finally just decided to ask for some...
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How does one know when to stop normalizing?
Alright, so basically I feel that I tend to over-normalize things, and maybe I am doing it at the cost of performance. So, to illuminate on the problem, I have created the following schema to use as an...
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The DataI am creating a table of cities and their zip codes for the United States. Some zip codes have a list of acceptable cities, as designated by the USPS. For example, the zip code 36613 is...
View ArticleHow to deal with finding nearby locations when given a zip code or city?
I am using PostgreSQL and PostGIS for this. I have downloaded dumps from Geoname, and built my tables from allCountries, alternateNames, and countryInfo. I've created my PostGIS geometry column, and...
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