Re: Importance of the normal forms
From: Seth Brewer <seth.brewer_at_yale.edu>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 16:11:41 -0500
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Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 16:11:41 -0500
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"Larry Coon" <larry_at_assist.org> wrote in message
news: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,
Thanks once again. I posted this back when I was even more confused than I am now. Sorry to be clogging up the newsgroups.
Seth Received on Wed Nov 20 2002 - 22:11:41 CET