What Is Meant by the Closure of a Set of Functional Dependencies? A functional dependency is a one-way dependency between two attributes at any given time. For a unique attribute of value A there is one value of the attribute B associated with it through the relation. Even if the values for the attribute change, there …

Insertion, Deletion, and Modification Anomalies Are Considered Bad An insertion anomaly is a situation that arises when one is prevented from inserting data into a relation because the complete primary key is not available. No part of a primary key can be null. Harrington (2009) points out that insertion anomalies …

The Options for Mapping EER Model Constructs to Relations There are many ways of mapping the constructs from the EER model into the relational model. There are mapping of specializations or generalizations, shared subclasses, or multiple inheritance and categories. Several options are available for mapping several …

The main differences between designing relational and object databases** Object databases and (ODB) relationships have three distinct differences: how relationships are handled, how inheritance is handled, and the timing of specifying operations in object databases compared to relational databases as described by …