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- Another class option is <symbol>:normalisedp</symbol>, which signals
- &clsql; to use a normalised schema for the mapping from slots to
+ Another class option is <symbol>:normalizedp</symbol>, which signals
+ &clsql; to use a normalized schema for the mapping from slots to
&sql; columns. By default &clsql; includes all the slots of a parent
class that map to &sql; columns into the child class. This option
- tells &clsql; to normalise the schema, so that a join is done on the
+ tells &clsql; to normalize the schema, so that a join is done on the
primary keys of the concerned tables to get a complete column set
for the classes. For more information, see <link linkend="def-view-class">
<function>def-view-class</function></link>.
provides a mapping from &sql; tables to CLOS objects. By default class
inheritance is handled by including all the columns from parent
classes into the child class. This means your database schema becomes
-very much denormalised. The class option <symbol>:normalisedp</symbol>
+very much denormalized. The class option <symbol>:normalizedp</symbol>
can be used to disable the default behaviour and have &clsql;
-normalise the database schemas of inherited classes.
+normalize the database schemas of inherited classes.
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