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IFT - Assignment 7

The document defines the normalization forms in database design: 1NF requires single values in domains, 2NF mandates full dependency of non-key attributes on the primary key, 3NF prohibits transitive dependencies, and BCNF is a stricter version of 3NF. It highlights the differences between 3NF and BCNF, emphasizing that BCNF requires every determinant to be a candidate key. Examples of violations for each form are provided, illustrating how to resolve them by restructuring tables.

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IFT - Assignment 7

The document defines the normalization forms in database design: 1NF requires single values in domains, 2NF mandates full dependency of non-key attributes on the primary key, 3NF prohibits transitive dependencies, and BCNF is a stricter version of 3NF. It highlights the differences between 3NF and BCNF, emphasizing that BCNF requires every determinant to be a candidate key. Examples of violations for each form are provided, illustrating how to resolve them by restructuring tables.

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1.

​ Define:

1NF - A domain can only hold a single value.

2NF - When all attributes of a table, other than the primary key, are fully dependent on

the primary key of the table. If there are more than one primary key, this rule still

applies.

3NF - If a table doesn’t violate the 2NF rule as well as, if no other attribute other than

the primary key is transitively dependent on the primary key.

BCNF - When all attributes of a table are only functionally dependent on the primary key

and when we have a functional dependency like X -> A, that makes X a superkey.

2.​ The main difference between 3NF and BCNF is the fact that BCNF is stricter than 3NF.

BCNF requires the relation of functional dependencies between X -> A making X a

superkey. Therefore, every determinant would be a candidate key which isn’t a

requirement in 3NF.

3.​ Example of violations:

1NF - If an address table has an attribute of address and it holds a users original address

and the users new address, this would be a violation of the 1NF because of redundancy.

We could split this table up into two, one containing multiple rows with id and the

addresses, and the other containing the id and all of the other information in the original

table.

2NF - If there is a table called courses that has three primary keys of course_id,

semester_id, and instructor and another attribute of class_name. This violates 2NF

because in order to find out the class name we would only need the course_id and
which instructor is teaching said course. Fixing this violation would be to make this into

two tables with one with the unnecessary primary key from the original table and an id

for the primary key.

3NF - A table called people holds a primary key called user_id, and attributes

user_name, user_state, user_country, and user_age. This would violate 3NF because it

shows transitive dependency. This is because user_country depends on user_state and

user_state depends on user_id. In order to fix this violation we would split this table into

two, the second table including user_state and user_country, in order to get rid of

transitive dependency on how user_country depends on user_state.

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