2011-11-14
1,994 reads
Tom Thomson
- Interests: Music, song, singing, gaelic poetry, computers, databases, declarative languages, mathematics, natural languages and linguistics, science fiction and fantasy, walking, scrambling.
2011-10-12
2,215 reads
2011-10-05
2,463 reads
Third Normal Form
The third article in our series on normalization from Tom Thomson continues with an explanation on what constitutes third normal form.
2011-07-28
8,457 reads
Second Normal Form
In this article Tom Thomson takes a look at what second normal form means, how it is violated, and how you can fix it. This is part of our normalization series.
2011-07-14
8,088 reads
First Normal Form
Learn the basics of first normal form and what that means to a database designer from Tom Thomson.
2011-06-30
10,891 reads
2011-01-11
2,753 reads
2010-06-24
3,993 reads
2010-04-23
3,910 reads
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Git forked
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Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
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One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
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The String Distance I
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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