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anjelone2 wrote:
That is what relational databases are made for and allows scalability without much thought. It is also just good programming practice.

Surely this alone is enough to win the argument?

The counterarguments are pretty much just rubbish, as the other posters have just pointed out:

anjelone2 wrote:
it makes joins to the main table lengthy, especially if there are 6-10 lists to join to


This is particularly offensive, anyone arguing this doesn't understand the nature of relational databases properly or is just plain idle. There is good, solid maths behind database design, if you understand this and apply it correctly your system will be much more scalable and robust. The only real problem with relational Databases is how to translate the real-world information into the abstract relational world, but all IT systems (except those modelling abstract systems themselves) inherently suffer from this problem.

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