Database System Concepts
Database System Concepts
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ISBN: 9780078022159
Author: Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Using the customer database attached, create an example of a table that is in second normal form but not in third normal form.  justify your answer and show how to convert to the higher forms

CUSTOMER
CUSTOMER_NUM LAST_NAME
FIRST_NAME ADDRESS
CITY
STATE POSTAL_CODE PHONE
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Transcribed Image Text:CUSTOMER CUSTOMER_NUM LAST_NAME FIRST_NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE POSTAL_CODE PHONE
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 What is Normalization?

  • Normalization is the process of minimizing redundancy from a relation or set of relations characteristics like Insertion, Update and Deletion Anomalies.
  • Normalization rules divides larger tables into smaller tables and links them using relationships.
  • The purpose of Normalization in SQL is to eliminate redundant (repetitive) data and ensure data is stored logically.

 

Database Normal Forms

 list of Normal Forms in SQL:

    • 1NF (First Normal Form)
    • 2NF (Second Normal Form)
    • 3NF (Third Normal Form)
    • BCNF (Boyce-Codd Normal Form)
    • 4NF (Fourth Normal Form)
    • 5NF (Fifth Normal Form)
    • 6NF (Sixth Normal Form)

 

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