Re: Normalizing the ER model
From: Jan Hidders <hidders_at_hcoss.uia.ac.be>
Date: 19 Nov 2002 11:23:30 +0100
Message-ID: <3dda1122$1_at_news.uia.ac.be>
Date: 19 Nov 2002 11:23:30 +0100
Message-ID: <3dda1122$1_at_news.uia.ac.be>
In article <6278687.0211181428.75890385_at_posting.google.com>,
Juan Pardillos <sicotom_at_eresmas.com> wrote:
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>is it possible to apply the normalization process directly to the ER
>model instead of apply it to the relational model?
Yes, you can interpret a relationship as a relation and then apply the usual normalization rules. The same holds for the entity types but you have to take care of where the connections with the relationships go if you split then entity.
- Jan Hidders