Re: Importance of the normal forms

From: Larry Coon <larry_at_assist.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:06:55 -0800
Message-ID: <3DD9728F.5EF0_at_assist.org>

Seth Brewer wrote:

> Hi, sorry to jump in, but I'm struggling with all this 3nf/BCNF stuff. When
> you say "proceed" to BCNF, I was under the impression the BCNF was "less"
> normal than 3nf.

Other way around. All BCNF designs are also in 3NF, but there exists 3NF designs that are not in BCNF, which I described for you in another post.

Larry Coon
University of California
larry_at_assist.org
and lmcoon_at_home.com Received on Tue Nov 19 2002 - 00:06:55 CET

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