Integrity Constraints and Domain Constraints

Database Constraints and Normalization

Integrity Constraints and Domain Constraints

  • Integrity constraints ensure that changes made to the database by authorized users do not l...}

Assertions and Triggering

Database Constraints and Normalization

Assertions and Triggering

  • An assertion is a statement in SQL that ensures a certain condition will always exist in th...}

Functional Dependencies (Chase Algorithm)

Database Constraints and Normalization

Functional Dependencies (Chase Algorithm)

  • Formal definition of functional dependency is: Attribute B is functionally dependent upon a...}

Multi-valued and Joined Dependencies

Database Constraints and Normalization

Multi-valued and Joined Dependencies

  • In contrast to the functional dependency, the multi-valued dependency requires that certain...}

Different Normal Forms (1st, 2nd, 3rd, BCNF, DKNF)

Database Constraints and Normalization

Different Normal Forms (1st, 2nd, 3rd, BCNF, DKNF)

  • A relation is said to be Unnormalised when it has not had any normalization rules applied t...}