Database Design and Relational Theory: Normal Forms and All That Jazz

Index

For

alphabetization purposes, (a) differences in fonts and case are ignored; (b) quotation marks are ignored; (c) other punctuation symbols—hyphens, underscores, parentheses, etc.—are treated as blanks; (d) numerals precede letters; (e) blanks precede everything else.

Symbols

→ (FD arrow)

→→ (MVD double arrow)

☼ (JD star)

⋈ (bow tie)

∈ (set membership)

⇒ (logical implication)

⊆ (subset of)

⊂ (proper subset of)

Numerals

0‑tuple

Seeempty tuple

1NF

Seefirst normal form

2NF

Seesecond normal form

3NF

Seethird normal form

3NF procedure

(3,3)NF

4NF

Seefourth normal form

5NF

Seefifth normal form

6NF

Seesixth normal form

A

Abbey, Edward

Abbott, Bud

Abiteboul, Serge

Adamson, Chris

Adiba, Michel

Aho, A.V.

ALL BUT

all key

alternate key

AND (aggregate operator)

arity

Armstrong, Louis

Armstrong, ...