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Understanding Database Normalisation Steps

The document discusses database normalization and provides examples to illustrate the process of converting tables from 1NF to 2NF to 3NF. In 1NF, multiple values for attributes like mobile number are separated into distinct rows. In 2NF, tables are split when attributes are dependent on a non-primary key. And in 3NF, tables are split to remove transitive dependencies between non-primary key attributes.

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Understanding Database Normalisation Steps

The document discusses database normalization and provides examples to illustrate the process of converting tables from 1NF to 2NF to 3NF. In 1NF, multiple values for attributes like mobile number are separated into distinct rows. In 2NF, tables are split when attributes are dependent on a non-primary key. And in 3NF, tables are split to remove transitive dependencies between non-primary key attributes.

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Database Normalisation

Not in 1 NF

emp_id emp_name emp_address emp_mobile


101 Herschel New Delhi 8912312390
8812121212
102 Jon Kanpur
9900012222
103 Ron Chennai 7778881212
9990000123
104 Lester Bangalore
8123450987
Convert to 1NF
emp_id emp_name emp_address emp_mobile
101 Herschel New Delhi 8912312390
102 Jon Kanpur 8812121212
102 Jon Kanpur 9900012222
103 Ron Chennai 7778881212
104 Lester Bangalore 9990000123
104 Lester Bangalore 8123450987
Not in 2NF
teacher_id subject teacher_age
111 Maths 38
111 Physics 38
Example: Suppose a school wants to store the data of teachers and the subjects they teach. They create a table that looks like this: Since a teacher can te
222 Biology 38
333 Physics 40
333 Chemistry 40
Convert to 2NF
To make the table complies with 2NF we can break it in two tables :
teacher_details and teacher_subject.

teacher_id teacher_age
111 38
222 38
333 40

teacher_id subject
111 Maths
111 Physics
222 Biology
333 Physics
333 Chemistry
Not in 3NF
Example: Suppose a company wants to store the complete
address of each employee, they create a table named
employee_details :

emp_id emp_name emp_zip emp_state emp_city emp_district


1001 John 282005 UP Agra Dayal Bagh
1002 Ajeet 222008 TN Chennai M-City
1006 Lora 282007 TN Chennai Urrapakkam
1101 Lilly 292008 UK Pauri Bhagwan
1201 Steve 222999 MP Gwalior Ratan
Convert to 3NF
• To make this table complies with 3NF we have to break the table into two
tables to remove the transitive dependency
employee table:
employee table:
emp_id emp_name emp_zip
1001 John 282005
1002 Ajeet 222008
1006 Lora 282007 employee_zip table:
1101 Lilly 292008 emp_zip emp_state emp_city emp_district
1201 Steve 222999 282005 UP Agra Dayal Bagh
222008 TN Chennai M-City
282007 TN Chennai Urrapakkam
292008 UK Pauri Bhagwan
222999 MP Gwalior Ratan

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