Database normalization is the process of structuring a relational database in accordance with a series of so-called normal forms in order to reduce data...
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Data warehouse (redirect from Dimensional database)
the normalized approach, the data in the warehouse are stored following, to a degree, database normalization rules. Normalized relational database tables...
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Machine "An Introduction to Database Normalization". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2012-02-25. "Normalization". Archived from the original...
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First normal form (category Database normalization)
simplest form of database normalization defined by English computer scientist Edgar F. Codd, the inventor of the relational database. A relation (or a...
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Denormalization (redirect from Database denormalization)
previously-normalized database to increase performance. In computing, denormalization is the process of trying to improve the read performance of a database, at...
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Second normal form (category Database normalization)
Second normal form (2NF), in database normalization, is a normal form. A relation is in the second normal form if it fulfills the following two requirements:...
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Third normal form (category Database normalization)
form (6NF) Codd, E. F. "Further Normalization of the Data Base Relational Model", p. 34. Codd, E. F. "Further Normalization of the Data Base Relational Model"...
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Unnormalized form (category Database normalization)
database normalization, unnormalized form (UNF or 0NF), also known as an unnormalized relation or non-first normal form (N1NF or NF2), is a database data...
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Look up normalization, normalisation, or normalisâtion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Normalization or normalisation refers to a process that makes...
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Canonical form (redirect from Data normalization)
called data normalization. For instance, database normalization is the process of organizing the fields and tables of a relational database to minimize...
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it with abstractions that are less likely to change, or using data normalization which avoids redundancy in the first place. The DRY principle is stated...
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to group them together, the foreign key. This design is known as database normalization. For example, an address book application will generally need to...
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Boyce–Codd normal form (category Database normalization)
normal form used in database normalization. It is a slightly stricter version of the third normal form (3NF). By using BCNF, a database will remove all redundancies...
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dependencies is an important part of designing databases in the relational model, and in database normalization and denormalization. A simple application of...
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Unicode equivalence (redirect from Unicode normalization)
necessarily true. The standard also defines a text normalization procedure, called Unicode normalization, that replaces equivalent sequences of characters...
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creating a logical database design using this model uses a methodical approach known as normalization. The goal of normalization is to ensure that each...
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the SQL semantic into database test cases. Database normalization Software testing Unit testing Korth, Henry (2010). Database System Concepts. Macgraw-Hill...
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relational databases. Codd's steps for organizing database tables and their keys is called database normalization, which avoids certain hidden database design...
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Bitemporal modeling (category Database normalization)
considered different from dimensional modeling and complementary to database normalization. The SQL:2011 standard provides language constructs for working with...
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Essential tuple normal form (category Database normalization)
Essential tuple normal form (ETNF) is a normal form used in database normalization. It lies strictly between fourth normal form (4NF) and fifth normal...
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Edgar F. Codd (category Database researchers)
Darwen Database normalization List of pioneers in computer science Relational Model/Tasmania (RM/T) Codd, Edgar Frank (1982). "Relational database: A practical...
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Fourth normal form (category Database normalization)
is a normal form used in database normalization. Introduced by Ronald Fagin in 1977, 4NF is the next level of normalization after Boyce–Codd normal form...
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Single source of truth (category Database normalization)
edited) in only one place, providing data normalization to a canonical form (for example, in database normalization or content transclusion). There are several...
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legacy database schema. Database refactorings are often motivated by the desire for database normalization of an existing production database, typically...
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of database theory which studies implication and optimization problems related to logical constraints, commonly called dependencies, on databases. The...
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Database administration is the function of managing and maintaining database management systems (DBMS) software. Mainstream DBMS software such as Oracle...
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Multivalued dependency (category Database constraints)
dependency. The multivalued dependency plays a role in the 4NF database normalization. A multivalued dependency is a special case of a join dependency...
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Relational model (redirect from Relational model of database management)
of tuples, grouped into relations. A database organized in terms of the relational model is a relational database. The purpose of the relational model...
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Domain-key normal form (category Database normalization)
form (DK/NF or DKNF) is a normal form used in database normalization which requires that the database contains no constraints other than domain constraints...
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Sixth normal form (category Database normalization)
Sixth normal form (6NF) is a normal form used in relational database normalization which extends the relational algebra and generalizes relational operators...
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