It depends on what type of application(s) are using the database. For OLTP apps (principally data entry, with many INSERTs, UPDATEs and DELETES, along with SELECTs), normalized is generally a good thing. For OLAP and reporting apps, normalization is not helpful.
It depends on what type of application(s) are using the database. For OLTP apps (principally data entry, with many INSERTs, UPDATEs and DELETES, along with SELECTs), normalized is generally a good thing. For OLAP and reporting apps, normalization is not helpful.
