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The SQL Workshop
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The SQL Workshop

by Frank Solomon, Rakesh Kumar Pandey, Shubham Jain, Prashanth Jayaram, Awni Al Saqqa, Fiodar Sazanavets, Aaditya Pokkunuri, Shashikant Shakya, Dixit Patel, Pradeep Kumar Gupta, Scott Cosentino
December 2019
Beginner content levelBeginner
288 pages
4h 48m
English
Packt Publishing
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3. Normalization

Overview

This chapter teaches you to maintain data integrity using the concepts of normalization and how you can connect tables together using keys and relationships. We will also look at some solid theory that back most database designs.

Introduction

In the previous two chapters, we looked at different aspects of a database. We provided an overview of the points to be considered while setting up a database. One of the key aspects we focused on was data integrity. We now know why data consistency is important. A step toward achieving better data integrity is database normalization. In this chapter, we will take a detailed look at achieving data consistency through normalization.

In the previous two chapters, we learned ...

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