Re: Checking a relation in BCNF for MVDs

From: Paul Vernon <paul.vernon_at_ukk.ibmm.comm>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 13:12:47 -0000
Message-ID: <avejr4$qcm$1@sp15at20.hursley.ibm.com>

"Jan Hidders" <hidders_at_hcoss.uia.ac.be> wrote in message news:3e19e8f8$1_at_news.uia.ac.be...
> Perhaps you remember what I wrote a while ago about good and bad definitions
> of 5NF?
>
>

http://groups.google.be/groups?q=g:thl3482925004d&dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UT F-8&selm=8mk7f4%24le9%241%40news.tue.nl
>
> Guess which definition of 5NF Date presents in his latest seventh edition.
:-)
>

Jan, if you think Date has got it wrong in his seventh edition then maybe you could drop him a note, I believe that he is currently working on an eighth.

Regards
Paul Vernon
Business Intelligence, IBM Global Services Received on Tue Jan 07 2003 - 07:12:47 CST