Lesson 2.14mIntermediate10k students

Normalisation and when to break it

Normalising removes duplicated truth. Denormalising trades that safety for read speed, and should be a decision rather than an accident.

This lesson sits in Schema Design, part of PostgreSQL for Developers. It assumes what came before it and leads directly into the next lesson in the module.

In this lesson you will

  • Remove duplicated data and update anomalies
  • Recognise when denormalisation is justified
  • Model many-to-many relationships properly

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