BIT320 Syllabus

September 20, 2005

Normalization 3/3

Even more normalization

Topics:

Before Class

Answer the following questions for yourselves so we can discuss them:

  1. What part of the normalizaton process actually gets implemented in the computer?
  2. Normalization is a key component of the relational model. How do we relate data in a set of tables that have been put in 3NF?

In Class

  1. Overheads for normalization 3/3

After Class

  1. Based on what you have seen so far, how is the relational model adequate or inadequate for storing information about business processes?
  2. Normalization (Chapter 3).

Other Resources

  1. Normalization (Chapter 4). This chapter presents an alternative method of normalization and is entirely optional.
  2. Normalization process using graphs

Bud edited this on September 18, 2005

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