Database Concepts (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134601533
Author: David M. Kroenke, David J. Auer, Scott L. Vandenberg, Robert C. Yoder
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.5RQ
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Denormalization:
A process of combining two relations into one new relation is called as “Denormalization”.
Example:
Consider the example of denormalization is as follows:
Normalized table:
Sales:
| Sales_id | Sales_date | Sales_person |
Product:
| Tax_id | Sales_id | Itm_id | Item_quantity | Sales_rs |
After denormalization the “Product” table is as follows:
| Tax_id | Sales_date | Sales_person | Sales_id | Item_id |
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