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Database Design Objectives

Explores why you should be concerned with database design, points out the objectives and advantages of good design, and provides a brief introduction to normalization and normal forms.
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  • Everything factual is, in a sense, theory. The blue of the sky exhibits the basic laws of chromatics. There is no sense in looking for something behind phenomena; they are theory.

—GOETHE

Topics Covered in This Chapter

  • Why Should You Be Concerned with Database Design?

  • The Importance of Theory

  • The Advantage of Learning a Good Design Methodology

  • Objectives of Good Design

  • Benefits of Good Design

  • Database-Design Methods

  • Normalization

  • Summary

  • Review Questions

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