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what is the purpose of BCNF and other ones?

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Re: what is the purpose of BCNF and other ones?

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May 19th, 2008
Originally Posted by mertucci View Post
what is the purpose of BCNF and other ones?

To defeat the anomalies!

btw lich, there is more: BCNF, 4NF, 5NF, and 6NF (in concordance with C.J. Date).

Happy normalizations (as Nixon and Codd didn't say)!

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Last edited by tesuji : May 19th, 2008 at 8:02 am.
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