Fourth Normal Form (4NF)

When attributes in a relation have multi-valued dependency, further Normalization to 4NF and 5NF are needed. Let us first find out what multi-valued dependency is.

A multi-valued dependency is a typical type of dependency in which each and every attribute within a relation depends upon the other, yet none of them is a unique primary key.

 

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