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    Normalization is the process of organizing data in a database to minimize redundancy and ensure data dependencies make sense. There are five forms of normalization - first normal form requires each column contain atomic values and each row be uniquely identifiable. Second normal form removes subsets that rely on non-key columns. Third normal form removes columns not dependent on the primary key. Fourth normal form removes multivalued dependencies. Fifth normal form isolates semantically related multiple relationships. Denormalization is the opposite process, combining tables without losing functionality and used mainly in data warehousing.

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    Normalization is the process of organizing data in a database to minimize redundancy and ensure data dependencies make sense. There are five forms of normalization - first normal form requires each column contain atomic values and each row be uniquely identifiable. Second normal form removes subsets that rely on non-key columns. Third normal form removes columns not dependent on the primary key. Fourth normal form removes multivalued dependencies. Fifth normal form isolates semantically related multiple relationships. Denormalization is the opposite process, combining tables without losing functionality and used mainly in data warehousing.

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    Normalization is the process of organizing data in a database to minimize redundancy and ensure data dependencies make sense. There are five forms of normalization - first normal form requires each column contain atomic values and each row be uniquely identifiable. Second normal form removes subsets that rely on non-key columns. Third normal form removes columns not dependent on the primary key. Fourth normal form removes multivalued dependencies. Fifth normal form isolates semantically related multiple relationships. Denormalization is the opposite process, combining tables without losing functionality and used mainly in data warehousing.

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    Normalization

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    Mithun Ashok
    Normalization is the process of organizing data in a database to minimize redundancy and ensure data dependencies make sense. There are five forms of normalization - first normal form requires each column contain atomic values and each row be uniquely identifiable. Second normal form removes subsets that rely on non-key columns. Third normal form removes columns not dependent on the primary key. Fourth normal form removes multivalued dependencies. Fifth normal form isolates semantically related multiple relationships. Denormalization is the opposite process, combining tables without losing functionality and used mainly in data warehousing.

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    Normalization

    What is Normalization? Normalization is the process of efficiently organizing data in a database. There are two goals of the normalization process: eliminating redundant data (for example, storing the same data in more than one table) and ensuring data dependencies make sense (only storing related data in a table). Both of these are worthy goals as they reduce the amount of space a database consumes and ensure that data is logically stored. NF guidelines and guidelines only
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    First Normal Form (1NF) First normal form (1NF) sets the very basic rules for an organized database: Eliminate duplicative columns from the same table. Create separate tables for each group of related data and identify each row with a unique column or set of columns (the primary key).

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    Second Normal Form (2NF) Second normal form (2NF) further addresses the concept of removing duplicative data: Meet all the requirements of the first normal form. Remove subsets of data that apply to multiple rows of a table and place them in separate tables. Create relationships between these new tables and their predecessors through the use of foreign keys.

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    Third Normal Form (3NF) Third normal form (3NF) goes one large step further: Meet all the requirements of the second normal form. Remove columns that are not dependent upon the primary key. BoyceCodd normal form (or BCNF or 3.5NF) Dependent columns should always be a candidate key
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    Fourth Normal Form (4NF) Fourth normal form (4NF) has one additional requirement: Meet all the requirements of the third normal form. A relation is in 4NF if it has no multi-valued dependencies. Remember, these normalization guidelines are cumulative. For a database to be in 2NF, it must first fulfill all the criteria of a 1NF database.
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    Fifth normal form (5NF) Also known as Project-join normal form (PJ/NF) is a level of database normalization designed to reduce redundancy in relational databases recording multi-valued facts by isolating semantically related multiple relationships. A table is said to be in the 5NF if and only if every join dependency in it is implied by the candidate keys.

    Denormalization

    It is a process of combining tables without loosing the functionality. It is just opposite of Normalization This is mainly used in data warehousing

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