Thursday 26 April 2012

Normalization

Normalization is used to reduce the redundancy and duplicity.

definition: Normalization is a simple scientific method of breaking down complex table structures into simple table structures by using certain rules.

Some rules that should be followed to achieve a good database design are:

- Each table should have an identifier.
- Each table should store data for a single type of entity.
- Columns that accept NULLs should be avoided.
- The repetition of values or columns should be avoided.

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