Describe an approach to converting a first normal form (1NF) table to second normal form (2NF) table(s).

      

Describe an approach to converting a first normal form (1NF) table to second normal form (2NF) table(s).

  

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kelvin
A second normal form (2NF) is a table that is already in 1NF and in which the values in each non-primary-key column can be worked out from the values in all the columns that makes up the primary key.
A table in 1NF can be converted into 2NF by removing the columns that can be worked out from only part of the primary key. These columns are placed in a new table along with a copy of the part of the primary key that they can be worked out from.


kevowmuchiri answered the question on July 9, 2018 at 19:02


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