You can denormalize the tables, duplicating author name on the Book instances. But only in case you actually need the data and cannot afford the overhead, of course.
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Fair point. For some reason I started to come across on a lot of DB denormalization advises quite often lately. And wondering if that's a trend now?
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You can denormalize the tables, duplicating author name on the
Bookinstances. But only in case you actually need the data and cannot afford the overhead, of course.Fair point. For some reason I started to come across on a lot of DB denormalization advises quite often lately. And wondering if that's a trend now?