Fabian Pascal has a national and international reputation as an independent technology analyst, consultant, author and lecturer specializing in data management. He is founder and editor of DATABASE DEBUNKINGS, a Web site dedicated to dispelling prevailing fallacies and misconceptions in the database industry, to which C.J. Date is a senior contributor. His third book is Practical Issues in Database Management – A Guide for the Thinking Practitioner (Addison Wesley, 2000). Pascal recently launched DATABASE FOUNDATIONS – a series of original papers located at http://www.dbdebunk.com/an nounce_12.

Much Ado About Very Little – Reply to Johnston
December 6, 2002 This is Fabian Pascal’s response to Tom Johnston’s rebuttal of Pascal’s two-part article, "The Dangerous Illusion:...

No Value in Multi-Value
October 11, 2002 This a response to two recently written articles, "Dangerous Allusions" by Steve VanArsdale and "Illusions, Allusions –...

The Dangerous Illusion: Denormalization, Performance and Integrity, Part 2
July 1, 2002 The conclusion of this two-part series demonstrates why "denormalization for performance" is a dangerous illusion.

The Dangerous Illusion: Denormalization, Performance and Integrity, Part 1
June 1, 2002 Why is the notion of "denormalization for performance" a misconception? What are its costly dangers?