Posted by Greg D. Moore \(Strider\) on 02/16/06 13:40

"Shwetabh" <shwetabhgoel@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Actually I am not asking about the alternatives. I just want to know
> that are
> relational databases really necessary for me if I require just a single
> record
> every time with no changes in structure, i.e I always need a record
> based on
> a unique value. Do i still need to create relations in the database or
> am I better off
> butting all fields in a single table and getting data from there.

More accurately, it sounds like you're asking whether you need to normalize
your database.

In this case probably not and using something like SQL Server may be
overkill. But without knowing more details, I don't think any of us can say
for sure.


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