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Add \references for star/snowflake schema terminology
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man/mergelist.Rd

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\item{ When \code{how \%in\% c("inner", full")}, if only one table has a key, then this key is used; if both tables have keys, then \code{on = intersect(key(lhs), key(rhs))}, having its order aligned to shorter key. }
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When joining tables that are not directly linked to a single table, e.g. a snowflake schema, a \emph{right} outer join can be used to optimize the sequence of merges, see Examples.
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When joining tables that are not directly linked to a single table, e.g. a snowflake schema (see References), a \emph{right} outer join can be used to optimize the sequence of merges, see Examples.
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\value{
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A new \code{data.table} based on the merged objects.
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\seealso{
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\code{\link{[.data.table}}, \code{\link{merge.data.table}}
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}
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\references{
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\url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake_schema}, \url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_schema}
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}
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\examples{
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l = list(
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data.table(id1=c(1:4, 2:5), v1=1:8),

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