Re: BCNF and relational algebra
From: rkc <rkc_at_yabba.dabba.do.rochester.rr.bomb>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:14:21 GMT
Message-ID: <1Vn_b.47009$um1.21451_at_twister.nyroc.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:14:21 GMT
Message-ID: <1Vn_b.47009$um1.21451_at_twister.nyroc.rr.com>
"Perception" <perceptionist2000_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message > The original un-normalised datebase had tuples of the form:
> Patient Id, Patient Name, Ward, Date, Clinic, Doctor
>
> with data of the form, for instance
>
> 3842, Smith, 2, 6.7.03, 4, Anderson
> 9.9.03, 3, Haswell
In a nutshell, you skipped 2nf and 3nf to get to what you somehow determined to be bcnf. How'd ya do that? Received on Mon Feb 23 2004 - 15:14:21 CET