Database Normalisation: Third Normal Form

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2024
  • This video is part of a series about database normalisation. It explains how to transform a database, which is already in second normal form, into third normal form by working through an example. It covers the criteria for the second normal form including ensuring that a relation does not contain any transitive functional dependencies. The video reviews what is meant by a functional dependency and goes on to explain what is meant by a transitive dependency with examples.

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  • @breefuller3124
    @breefuller3124 5 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    Thanks for using the same example in all three videos

  • @michaelbruno4909
    @michaelbruno4909 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Love these videos. Very helpful for explaining normalization. They're much easier to understand than most videos out there. It's also nice to see some humor thrown in.

  • @paoloberg70
    @paoloberg70 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I honestly admit after hours spent on searching for videos about database normalisation, that this is the clearest one that i found. Congrats and thanks again, you saved my day. I finally got a good understanding of the topic.

  • @TidusfromZanarkand
    @TidusfromZanarkand 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Quality examples, simple and clear explanations in all 3 videos about Normalization. Thank you, great work friend!!

  • @1989Bismillah
    @1989Bismillah 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Simple and straight forward, thank you!

  • @georgefirth5631
    @georgefirth5631 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is an excellent deconstruction and has really cleared things up, thank you!

  • @theletterpurple6228
    @theletterpurple6228 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    this nf series of videos is my go to when i need help with db schema. its explained so clearly

  • @jeneydani
    @jeneydani 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    with this the second normal form became also clearer, most understandable videos that i found, thank you

  • @srividia1
    @srividia1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent explanation without unnecessary jargon. Thank you.

  • @Urquell-ty4eg
    @Urquell-ty4eg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video series, thank you very much!

  • @philipmarno8730
    @philipmarno8730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for explaining this in such a consistent approach. Great set of videos.

  • @lordm5720
    @lordm5720 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is an amazingly simple explanation. Thank you

  • @sanketkoli8641
    @sanketkoli8641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You are the GOD(Greatest of DBMS). No other youtube video could explain Normalization in a way that you did. Really feeling confident now. Thanks a ton! :-)

    • @ComputerScienceLessons
      @ComputerScienceLessons  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are very kind. :)KD

    • @sanketkoli8641
      @sanketkoli8641 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ComputerScienceLessons Thankyou :-) Could you Please post a Boyce Codd Normalization explanation too? I understood the 1NF, 2NF, 3NF, thanks to your video. But I am unable to understand BCNF(mainly the "multi-valued dependency" concept) Thanks for your help bro :D

  • @hongkyulee9724
    @hongkyulee9724 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really thank you. Your videos are always so amazing.

  • @jeffreytello589
    @jeffreytello589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    best explanation of normalization on the internet! thank you

  • @emsdy6741
    @emsdy6741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thanks a lot. It really helps me in understand those three normal form.
    Please make also for BCNF... I really had a hard time understanding this concept BCNF Thank you.

  • @jray1429
    @jray1429 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You did a great job!
    Thanks for your work. I agree about how effective it was to use the same examples in the 3 videos.
    That helped to normalize the videos with the normal form number being the key 😅

  • @nakonachev1407
    @nakonachev1407 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Greatly explained, thank you!

  • @xixi3302
    @xixi3302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i have a question, you said the grade is drived from exam mark, and it is violated 3NF, and we need to create a new table: result. but what primary ID should we set for result? right now, i am doing my project, i have a table: BillingInfo (billingID, bookID, number_of_book, price), the price is drived from bookID and number of book, so i guess i need to seperate this into two tables, but i don't have any idea how to decomposite a new table

  • @monalimhetre4089
    @monalimhetre4089 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thank you for explaining in detail with examples and in simple words.

  • @ezeakorosalyn1186
    @ezeakorosalyn1186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    God bless you immensely for this... You're really a good teacher

  • @rufina305
    @rufina305 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so very much. I was searching for one examplé tha fits 1,2,3 normal forms and luckily I found yours. Thanks much again

  • @aventador1049
    @aventador1049 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best Normaization video in the universe for night before exam.

  • @realskater54211
    @realskater54211 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    U da man. Thanks for the informative video 💪🏽

  • @withyuva
    @withyuva 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best video on the topic, period. I wonder why other videos have more views than this one.

    • @ComputerScienceLessons
      @ComputerScienceLessons  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for the lovely comment. I should probably put more effort into publicising my channel - but it is growing organically. Please spread the word. :)KD

    • @wijn_za
      @wijn_za 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ComputerScienceLessons Hear, hear. Thank you for this!

  • @shehrozmalik5961
    @shehrozmalik5961 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best Explanation

  • @agcagigas4443
    @agcagigas4443 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't find a video from your channel about BCNF. Are you able to create one, please?

  • @nataliats114
    @nataliats114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the easy to understand videos

  • @hugoirwanto9905
    @hugoirwanto9905 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Crystal clear!

  • @dumdumbringgumgum2940
    @dumdumbringgumgum2940 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks a lot 👏👏👏

  • @saidshikhizada332
    @saidshikhizada332 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great video! thanks.

  • @anubhabbiswas4901
    @anubhabbiswas4901 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a question (excuse me if this is too dumb😅): Isn't the Last Name also dependent on First Name? For instance, if someone else has to be assigned the same id as Kevin Drumm, wouldn't we need to change both the last name and the first name? Shouldn't this also be a violation of 3rd normal form?

  • @chrisalbers1370
    @chrisalbers1370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Life saver thank you!

  • @ranindugeekiyanage527
    @ranindugeekiyanage527 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best Explanation. thanx bro❤

  • @meow-pk5gq
    @meow-pk5gq ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you

  • @shaneschwalger2482
    @shaneschwalger2482 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you.

  • @riccoc.6507
    @riccoc.6507 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    OK thank you Bro makes sense

  • @syaachan3533
    @syaachan3533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi! I like your videos because its easy to understand. Im struggle to make a slides for my presentations and I'm also new in IT field huehue, but do you have a videos about the advantages of relational database?

  • @franzbiberkopf9179
    @franzbiberkopf9179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Soon we will be forced to put genders in a separate table as well, since people are starting to change them regularly as they change address :D. Thank you very much from Rome, it was a very beautiful tutorial!

  • @saumyasingh7216
    @saumyasingh7216 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video

  • @akeemovic
    @akeemovic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks very much.

  • @Retrosenescent
    @Retrosenescent 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You have the best voice.

  • @rustyspottedcat8885
    @rustyspottedcat8885 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maximizing information content (sentences) from given amount of data (words) derived by relational logic.

  • @jackc87
    @jackc87 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want to take these courses with these professors.

  • @BruceWayne-yj7bd
    @BruceWayne-yj7bd ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wouldn't the last name dependent on the marital status, if its a female, therefore not be in 3rd normal form?

    • @ComputerScienceLessons
      @ComputerScienceLessons  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Debatably! I'm sure there are plenty of females who did not change their last name when they got married who would argue against that. :)KD

  • @latenews2024
    @latenews2024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great
    work

  • @newjade6075
    @newjade6075 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks sir

  • @vimukthaariyasinghe8041
    @vimukthaariyasinghe8041 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    there is already a partial dependancy as well. where course tittle, teacher id -> teacher name and teacher id -> teacher name. so it cannot pass through 2NF..correct me if i am wrong

  • @dominicmorris819
    @dominicmorris819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm confused. In your 2NF video, you say "a table should only contain data about one type of thing" to be in 2NF. But in Courses (at 3:30) it clearly contains data about two different things - Courses and Teachers. So I don't understand how it is in 2NF? I'm lost on the difference between 2NF and 3NF.

    • @ComputerScienceLessons
      @ComputerScienceLessons  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Dominic. In this specific example, each course has its very own teacher and there are no teachers here that teach more than one course, so, arguably, the information about each teacher is actually information about the course. If however, Mr Einstein taught Chemistry AND Physics, then the Courses table would not be in 2NF. You could also argue that since some of the courses have the same Fee, then the Fees should be in a different table to meet the criteria for 2NF. In the past I have seen problems in which the data were totally abstract (letters and numbers only, and column names like Col1, Col2, Col3, etc.). Theoretically, you can normalise such tables by following a set of rules. I must say however (at the risk of muddying the water for you), I see little real world value in abstract problems like this. It's more important to know your data and what you want to do with it; common sense and and instinct play an important role in database design (someone will probably object to that statement!). You are therefore correct to say that a teacher is a different thing and belongs in its own table. A final point, a fully normalised database is not always the best solution to a problem; take a look at NoSQL. :)KD

  • @selinklnc4903
    @selinklnc4903 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    love it

  • @Cerv_guitars
    @Cerv_guitars 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    so many ahh ha moments wish i found this before all the other videos that ive been scraping through.

    • @manilakid3
      @manilakid3 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is an example of a Great Teacher. They are hard to come by. There are other videos on this very same topic that are not explained as well as this person does it.

  • @AC-fi8ge
    @AC-fi8ge 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:32 "Every student has a gender, but it doesn't really make sense to put genders in a separate table."
    Had a nice little chuckle out of that one... with the way multi-gender culture is going...

  • @Anteater23
    @Anteater23 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do attributes that are foreign keys have to follow the same rules?

    • @ComputerScienceLessons
      @ComputerScienceLessons  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Attributes that are foreign keys are not particularly special. Any attribute can be a foreign key.

    • @Anteater23
      @Anteater23 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ComputerScienceLessons So a foreign key can be normalised out of a table?

  • @Cryptofins
    @Cryptofins 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why do we not need a course ID in this case?

    • @ComputerScienceLessons
      @ComputerScienceLessons  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because, in this scenario, the course title is unique and can therefore serve as a primary key. In practice, a course ID might be included because it can save confusion when you have similar course titles, and it's easier to quote when people make bookings.

  • @nadeeshaaravinda1372
    @nadeeshaaravinda1372 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder why the courses table doesn't have any ID.

    • @ComputerScienceLessons
      @ComputerScienceLessons  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hi Nadeesha. As long as a table includes a column with unique values, then this column can serve as the primary key. If the Course Title is always unique, this can be the primary key. If a COMBINATION of columns for any given record is always unique, then this combination can serve as a 'composite' primary key. What you choose for a primary key depends on the nature of the data. Having said that, I've worked with a number of organisations where database designers were encouraged to always include a surrogate primary key (a single column whose only purpose is to serve as a primary key). In this example, you would include a new CourseID column. This makes life easier for people programming the front end. :)KD

    • @JonHogg
      @JonHogg 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ComputerScienceLessons If the course title could change (e.g. from Mathematics to Maths) would that make it inelligable (or maybe just a poor choice of) primary key?

  • @siddharthsasikumar4271
    @siddharthsasikumar4271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Felt like watching a david Attenborough documentary.😍

  • @HUGODTHERO
    @HUGODTHERO 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the best

  • @TheLordQuick
    @TheLordQuick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great examples! But unless you previously defined key and primary key in some nonstandard way, I believe your definition is slightly inaccurate.
    AFAIU wherever you said "primary key" you should replace it by "any candidate key", and then by a "non key" attribute you presumably mean a non-prime attribute, that is an attribute that is not part of any candidate key... because every attribute is at least part of the whole scheme as a superkey.

    • @ComputerScienceLessons
      @ComputerScienceLessons  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I see where you're coming from. However, I often find that colloquial language better aids understanding. Nuance comes later. :)KD

  • @snipo39
    @snipo39 ปีที่แล้ว

    would you please make a video on BCNF

  • @bigopzooka
    @bigopzooka 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wouldn't the Last Name have a transient dependency on the marital status? When someone marries they might take another last name ;)

    • @ComputerScienceLessons
      @ComputerScienceLessons  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think that depends on your politically correctness ;)KD

  • @throwaway-lo4zw
    @throwaway-lo4zw 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would fees not have its own table since there are duplicate fees, e.g. 1800 for Physics and 1800 for Chemistry. So a table called Fees, which has Fee ID (primary key) and fee (int) and hell... even Qualifcations could have its own table too. Actually, I think that might be 4NF...

  • @moxie1855
    @moxie1855 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I saw a sherlock reference there

  • @dhelmarxdancel2401
    @dhelmarxdancel2401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can i use noodles for making database?

  • @sterlingveil
    @sterlingveil 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That last example fails if the exam is graded on a curve. In that case, the letter grade is free to change independently of the exam mark.

  • @erickabogo1818
    @erickabogo1818 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:42 all 'The Simpsons' fans will see it

  • @meshuganah1
    @meshuganah1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:26 "transient" should actually be "transitive" (I believe!)

    • @ComputerScienceLessons
      @ComputerScienceLessons  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are quite correct - oops! (I will upload a fix)

    • @meshuganah1
      @meshuganah1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ComputerScienceLessons thanks for the excellent video! I found it super helpful :)

  • @NilakshMalpotra
    @NilakshMalpotra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    :D

  • @ryank170
    @ryank170 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bro where do you go to school where a 70 is still a B?

  • @youssefnov9037
    @youssefnov9037 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you help me teacher???

  • @jeevanjohal8194
    @jeevanjohal8194 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    imagine being married while doing A levels lol

  • @chungus511
    @chungus511 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Database is such a fcking boring ****, but loved the video

  • @michaelerwin8744
    @michaelerwin8744 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In todays world I think it's inevitable to separate gender table on its own.

  • @martonburanszki9537
    @martonburanszki9537 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are wrong, the data must be in least the first normal form, it doesn't have to be in the second.

    • @ComputerScienceLessons
      @ComputerScienceLessons  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It depends on what you are trying to achieve. Indeed, you may not want your data normalised at all. :)KD

  • @supercoolaks
    @supercoolaks หลายเดือนก่อน

    Poor example, it should not take 8 mins to state the 3NF and give a clear example smh

  • @shreenthasleem2820
    @shreenthasleem2820 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you sir