| Description |
xix, 451 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
"For professionals by professionals." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Contents |
Part 1. Setting the scene. Preliminaries -- Prerequisites -- Part 2. Functional dependencies, Boyce/Codd normal form, and related matters. Normalization : some generalities -- FDs and BCNF (informal) -- FDs and BCNF(formal) -- Preserving FDs -- FD axiomatization -- Denormalization -- Part 3. Join dependencies, fifth normal form, and related matters. JDs and 5NF (informal) -- JDs and 5NF (Formal) -- Implicit dependencies -- MVDs and 4NF -- Part 4. Further normal forms. ETNF, RFNF, SKNF -- 6NF -- The end is not yet -- Part 5. Orthogonality. The principle of orthogonal design -- Part 6. Redundancy. We need more science -- Part 7. Appendixes. Appendix A: What is database design, anyway? -- Appendix B: More on consistency -- Appendix C: Primary keys are nice but not essential -- Appendix D: Historical notes |
| Subject |
Relational databases -- Design and construction.
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| ISBN |
9781484255391 |
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1484255399 |
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