Re: functional dependencies

On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 05:20:03 -0700, Rohan Hathiwala wrote:

> I hope you all know what a functional dependency is.

Date, Chris J
An Introduction to Database Systems.

        Enjoy!

> I would like to
> know whether functional dependencies mainly apply to those attributes in a
> relation whose values have a tendency to repeat themselves across various
> tuples in that relation.

        *Mainly*? No, there is no such thing. Functional dependencies aren't limited like that.

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