Free form text in transaction table

vermarajiv at 17h49
09
Mar
2010
Free form text in transaction table

If a transaction has a free form text field as a description which has 1:1 correspondence with its facts, how do you model it. Are there any disadvantages to making it part of the fact table ?

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