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1.  Quote of the Week

I do not understand your first point. Even a database designed with only 1NF can have integrity if other methods are used to ensure that integrity. [Higher n]ormal forms can guarantee the absence of various integrity issues, but the lack of a normal form does not guarantee the presence of the integrity issue. I remember writing pages of code to do just that in the early days of RDBMS products before normal forms (i.e., referential integrity) was strictly enforced by the DBMS. --LinkedIn.com

Note: My (first) point was that the minimal relational mandate is 1NF, but that full normalization (5NF) is desirable for practical reasons.


2. To Laugh or Cry?

What is difference between storing data in traditional and modern way in database?

3. Online

What is Surrogate Key, why it is used, is it Primary Key?

Apropos my just published paper on keys.


4. Data management is important, after all.

Point-of-sale malware infecting Target found hiding in plain sight

(Note the last sentence in the article).

So is database design

Poor Data Management Blinded Chase to Madoff Fraud

5. And now for something completely different

• Why It Makes Sense to Pay Beautiful CEOs More 
• What are the Best Looking Data Models 
• THE VISUAL ORGANIZATION

Looks like a pattern.