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Lesson Navigation IconRelational database model

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Unit Navigation IconTransforming ER-schema

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Unit Navigation IconNormalization

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LO Navigation IconFirst normal form (1NF)

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LO Navigation IconThird normal form (3NF)

LO Navigation IconExercise normalization

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Unit summary

This Unit showed how and why relations should be normalised. It prevents problems and saves money. A careful planning in the conceptual phase helps implementing and normalising a table properly. Although there is a fourth and a fifth normal form (that were not discussed here), usually it is enough to normalise up to the third normal form.

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