Re: Need some help on Normalization
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:57:56 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <2c07c202-f5a0-46eb-9b4d-7245634ec49a@17g2000hsk.googlegroups.com>
On 10 Oct, 14:01, Lollie <techtechx..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> You identify the following attributes, in part, for the Employee
> entity:
> Employee number (Primary key)
> Full name
> Phone number
> Supervisor number
>
> What change should you make to ensure that the entity is normalized to
> the 1st normal form (1NF)?
>
> A) Separate the full name into first, middle (optional), and last
> names.
> B) Use a different primary key value.
> C) Move the supervisor to a different table.
> D) Separate the phone number into separate fields.
>
> I see the table as looking like this:
> *Emp # (PK) Full name Phone# Supervisor#*
> 123 Joe Smith 123-4567 1
> 888 John Doe 555-1212 2
> 316 Jack Pi 888-8080 1
> 451 Suzy Q 457-7410 3
>
> Anybody have any comments? Thanks is advance - is there an answer
There is an answer. What do you think it might be, and why?
-g Received on Fri Oct 10 2008 - 08:57:56 CDT