Re: Best practices for aggregate table design

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Best practices for aggregate table design
Date: 2015-10-06 18:34:15
Message-ID: 56141427.4060604@hogranch.com
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On 10/6/2015 11:24 AM, droberts wrote:
> OR a dimension 'type' with values outbound/inbound and a single measure
> column 'total' ?

that smells a bit too much like an "EAV" (entity-attribute-value) which
is considered an antipattern in relational circles

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john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

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