Drill 22: Trade-off — Database design basics
Explain the trade-off in this example.
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- Explain the trade-off in this example.
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Explain the trade-off in this example.
CREATE TABLE authors (
id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
name TEXT NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE books (
id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
title TEXT NOT NULL,
author_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES authors(id)
);
CREATE TABLE tags (
id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
label TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE
);
CREATE TABLE book_tags (
book_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES books(id),
tag_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES tags(id),
PRIMARY KEY (book_id, tag_id)
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