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4NF

Fourth Normal Form (4NF) is a database normalization level that eliminates non-trivial multivalued dependencies beyond a candidate key, building on the previous normal forms and BCNF. An example illustrates how a database is decomposed into 4NF to separate multivalued dependencies for students, majors, and hobbies. The resulting structure ensures that each multivalued dependency is handled correctly, maintaining data integrity.

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4NF

Fourth Normal Form (4NF) is a database normalization level that eliminates non-trivial multivalued dependencies beyond a candidate key, building on the previous normal forms and BCNF. An example illustrates how a database is decomposed into 4NF to separate multivalued dependencies for students, majors, and hobbies. The resulting structure ensures that each multivalued dependency is handled correctly, maintaining data integrity.

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NORMALIZATION & TYPES OF

NORMALIZATION
Fourth Normal Form (4NF)

Fourth normal form (4NF) is a level of database normalization where there


are no non-trivial multivalued dependencies other than a candidate key.

It builds on the first three normal forms (1NF, 2NF and 3NF) and the Boyce-
Codd Normal Form (BCNF). It states that, in addition to a database meeting
the requirements of BCNF, it must not contain more than one multivalued
dependency.
FOURTH NORMAL FORM

Student Major Hobby Key: {students, major, hobby}

Aman Management Football MVD: ->-> Major, hobby

Aman Management Cricket

Raj Management Football

Raj Medical Football

Ram Management Cricket

Aditya Btech Football

Abhinav Btech Cricket


After decomposing it into fourth normal
form it looks like:

Student Major Student Hobby


Aman Management Aman Football
Raj Management Aman Cricket
Raj Medical Raj Football
Ram Management Ram Cricket
Aditya Btech Aditya Football
Abhinav Btech Abhinav Cricket

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