Database System Concepts
Database System Concepts
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781260084504
Author: Abraham Silberschatz, S. Sudarshan, Abraham, Henry Korth, Silberschatz Abraham, Silberschatz Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 7, Problem 42E

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Normalization of the schema to 4NF:

  • It is the normalization level next to Boyce-Codd Normal Form (BCNF).
  • Given schema,

books(accessionno, isbn, title, author, publisher)

users(userid, name, deptid, deptname)

  • The constraints given in the question are,

accessionno → isbn

isbn → title

isbn → publisher

isbn →→ author

userid → name

userid → deptid

deptid → deptname

  • Second Normal Form (2NF): If the schema does not contain any functional dependencies, then it is said to be in second Normal Form.
    • The conversion of the given  normal  to 2NF is a s follows,
    • Consider the functional dependencies,

isbn → title

isbn → publisher

isbn →→ author

  • For the above functional dependencies,
    • The relational schema “books(accessionno, isbn, title, author, publisher)” is converted to “books(isbn, title, author, publisher)” and books(accessionno, isbn)...

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