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by at_a_remove 1130 days ago
Denormalized tables are like bedrooms: the mess is fine if it is your own mess, not so great if it is someone else's.

Right now I have some data with both MUNI and MUNICODE. I just thought I'd casually check and sure enough, I have a non-trivial number of cases where the two do not match up right. So, the risk there is ... which one do I believe?