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Normalization. ISYS 464. Database Design Based on ERD. Strong entity: Create a table that includes all simple attributes Composite Weak entity: add owner primary key Multi-valued attribute: Create a table for each multi-valued attribute Key + attribute Relationship: 1:1, 1:M
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Normalization ISYS 464
Database Design Based on ERD • Strong entity: Create a table that includes all simple attributes • Composite • Weak entity: add owner primary key • Multi-valued attribute: Create a table for each multi-valued attribute • Key + attribute • Relationship: • 1:1, 1:M • Relationship table: for partial participation to avoid null • Foreign key • M:M: relationship table • N-ary relationship: relationship table • Recursive relationship • Attribute of relationship • Superclass and subclass • Note: The database designed according to these rules will meet the 3NF requirements.
Database design objectives • Eliminate data duplication. • Link related records in related tables.
Example Employee/Dependent report: EmpID: E101 Ename: Peter Address: 123 XYZ St DependentName Relationship DOB Nancy Daughter 1/1/95 Alan Son 12/25/03 EmpDependent Table: EmpID EmpName Address DepName Relation DepDOB E101 Peter 123 XYZ St Nancy D 1/1/95 E101 Peter 123 XYZ St Alan S 12/25/03 Note: This database is able to produce the report, but has duplicated data.
Update Anomalies Due To Duplication • Modification anomaly: • Inconsistent data • Insertion Anomalies: • Enter an employee with no dependent • Null • Deletion Anomaly: • If Nancy and Alan become independent.
If we mix multivalue attribute with regular attributes in one table • Employee Table: • SSN, Ename, Sex, DOB, Phone • Employee may have more than 1 phone. • Key: SSN or SSN + Phone • Duplication ?
Example 2 • EmpDependent table: • EmpID, Ename, Address, Depname, Relation, DepDOB • Key: EmpID + Depname
If we mix two entities with 1:M relationship in one table • FacultyStudent table: • Faculty Advise Student: 1:M relationship • FID, Fname, SID, Sname, SAddress • Key: SID • Duplication?
If we mix two entities with M:M relationship in one table • StudentCourse table: • SID, Sname, GPA, CID, Cname, Units • Key: SID + CID • Duplication?
Normalization • Decompose unsatisfactory relation into smaller relations with desirable properties. • No duplication • The original relation can be recovered by applying natural join to the smaller relations. • So that no information is lost in the process. • Keys and function dependency: • Which field is the key field of the EMpDependent Table? • EmpID + DepName
Function Dependency • Relationship between attributes • X -> Y • The value of X uniquely determines the value of Y. • Y is functionally dependent on X. • A value of X is associated with only one value of Y.
Example • Employee table: • SSN Ename Sex DOB • S1 Peter M 1/1/75 • S2 Paul M 12/25/80 • S3 Mary F 7/4/72 • Function Dependencies: • SSN -> Ename, SSN ->Sex, SSN -> DOB • SSN -> Ename, Sex, DOB • Any other FD: • Ename -> SSN ? • Ename -> Sex ? • DOB -> SSN ?
What is the key of Employee table: • SSN • Observations: • All non-key fields are functionally dependent on SSN. • There is no other FD. • The only FD is the key dependency. • There is no data duplication in the Employee table.
Normalization Process • Inputs: • A “universal relation” • Function dependencies • Output: Normalized tables • Process: • Decompose the unnormalized relation into smaller relations such that in each relation the non key fields are functionally dependent on the key, the whole key, and nothing but the key. So help me Codd!
First Normal Form • The fields of a relation are all simple attribute. • All relational database tables meet this requirement. • EmpDependent table: • EmpID, Ename, Address, Depname, Relation, DepDOB • First normal form? Yes • Second normal form?
Second Normal Form • The non-key fields are functionally dependent on the key, and the whole key. • FD: • EmpID ->Ename, Address • Key: EmpID + Depname • Ename and Address depend on part of the key. • Every non-key field is fully functionally dependent on the key. • Decompose the EMpDependent table into two tables: • EmpID, Ename, Address • EmpID, Depname, Relation, DepDOB
Employee Table: • SSN, Ename, Sex, DOB, Phone • Employee may have more than 1 phone. • FD: • SSN -> Ename, Sex, DOB, • SSN -> Phone ? • Key: SSN + Phone • 2NF? No • Decompose into two tables: • SSN, Ename, Sex, DOB • SSN, Phone
FacultyStudent table: • Faculty Advise Student: 1:M relationship • FID, Fname, Office, SID, Sname, SAddress • FD: • FID -> Fname, Office • SID -> Sname, SAddress, FID, Fname, Office • Key: SID • 2NF ? Yes • Duplication? Yes • Why? • All non-key fields depend on the whole key, but not Nothing But the Key! • SID -> FID, Fname, Office • FID -> Fname, Office
Transitive Dependency • If X -> Y, and Y->Z then X -> Z. • Z if transitively dependent on the key. • SID -> FID, FID -> Fname, Office • SID -> Fname, Office • Fname and Office are transitively dependent on SID.
Third Normal Form • Every non-key field is: • Fully functionally dependent on the key, and • Non-transitively dependent on the key. • Decompose: • FID, Fname, Office • SID, FID, Sname, SAddress
Example Customer/Orders report: CID: C101 Cname: Peter Address: 123 XYZ St OID Odate SalesPerson Amount O25 1/1/04 John 125 O30 2/25/04 Alan 500 CustomerOrders Table: CID CName Address OID Odate SalesPerson Amount C101 Peter 123 XYZ St O25 1/1/04 John 125 C101 Peter 123 XYZ St O30 2/25/04 Alan 500
Example • Key: OID • FD: • OID -> CID, Cname, Address, Odate, SalesPerson, Amount • CID -> Cname, Address • 2NF? Yes • 3 NF? No • Decompose: • CID, Cname, Address • OID, CID, Odate, SalesPerson, Amount
Example with 1:M Relationship • FacultyStudent table: • Faculty Advise Student: 1:M relationship • FID, Fname, SID, Sname, SAddress • FD: • FID -> Fname • SID -> Sname, Saddress • Key: SID • 2NF? Yes • 3NF? No, because SID ->FID, FID -> Fname • Decompose: • Table 1: FID, Fname • Tablw 2: SID, FID, Sname, SAddress
Example with M:M Relationship • StudentCourse table: • SID, Sname, GPA, CID, Cname, Units • Key: SID + CID • Function Dependencies: • SID -> Sname, GPA • CID -> Cname, Units • 2NF? No • Decompose: • Table 1: SID -> Sname, GPA • Table 2: CID -> Cname, Units • Table 3: SID, CID • 3NF? Yes
Online Shopping Cart Addr CartID Date CID Cname Has M ShoppingCart Customer 1 M Qty Has M Product Price PID Pname
Normalized Database • Universal Relation: • CID, Cname, Addr, CartID, Date, PID, Pname, Price, Qty • Key: CartID + PID • FDs: • CartID -> Date, CID, Cname, Addr • CID -> Cname, Addr • PID -> Pname, Price • Normalized database: • CID, Cname, Addr • CartID, Date, CID • PID, Pname, Price • CartID, PID, Qty
Database Design Based on ERD • Strong entity: Create a table that includes all simple attributes • Composite • Weak entity: add owner primary key • Multi-valued attribute: Create a table for each multi-valued attribute • Key + attribute • Relationship: • 1:1, 1:M • Relationship table: for partial participation to avoid null • Foreign key • M:M: relationship table • N-ary relationship: relationship table • Recursive relationship • Attribute of relationship • Superclass and subclass • Note: The database designed according to these rules will meet the 3NF requirements.
Denormalization • The refinement to the relational schema such that the degree of normalization for a modified relation is less than the degree of at least one of the original relations. • Objective: • Speed up processing