Relational Database Design and Modeling for Software Engineers
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Boyce-Codd Normal Form (BCNF)
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The Boyce-Codd Normal Form (BCNF) is an advanced version of the Third Normal Form (3NF) and is used to handle certain types of anomalies that 3NF cannot resolve. BCNF ensures a stricter level of normalization by addressing dependencies involving candidate keys, eliminating redundancy, and ensuring data integrity.

Note: For a table to be in BCNF, it must first be in 3NF. However, unlike 3NF, BCNF also requires that all dependencies involve only superkeys.

Requirements of BCNF

To satisfy the requirements of BCNF:

  1. The table must already be in 3NF. 2

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