Top "Normalization" questions

Use [tag:database-normalization] for normalizing database-structure, and [tag:unicode-normalization] for normalizing unicode text.

Normalize an Address

I am trying to normalize an address. The diagram below shows the relevant tables for this question I believe. I …

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How would I implement separate databases for reading and writing operations?

I am interested in implementing an architecture that has two databases one for read operations and the other for writes. …

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Should I use flat tables or a normalized database?

I have a web application that I am currently working on that uses a MySQL database for the back-end, and …

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Batch normalization during testing

For batch normalization during testing, how does one calculate the mean and variance of each activation input (in each layer …

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Overnormalization

When would a database design be described as overnormalized? Is this characterization an absolute one? Or is it dependent on …

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Canonicalize / normalize a URL?

I am searching for a library function to normalize a URL in Python, that is to remove "./" or "../" parts in …

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When to use Unicode Normalization Forms NFC and NFD?

The Unicode Normalization FAQ includes the following paragraph: Programs should always compare canonical-equivalent Unicode strings as equal ... The Unicode Standard …

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File.listFiles() mangles unicode names with JDK 6 (Unicode Normalization issues)

I'm struggling with a strange file name encoding issue when listing directory contents in Java 6 on both OS X and …

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Phone number normalization: Any pre-existing libraries?

I have a system which is using phone numbers as unique identifiers. For this reason, I want to format all …

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Advice on mixing MongoDB w/ MySQL for a web application

I have a web application that uses a relational database (MySQL). We're adding a new feature that will allow certain …

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