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Functional Dependencies
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Outline Functional dependencies (3.4) Rules about FDs (3.5) Design of a Relational schema (3.6)
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Relational Schema Design Person buys Product name pricenamessn Conceptual Model: Relational Model: plus FD’s Normalization: Eliminates anomalies
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Functional Dependencies Definition: A 1,..., A m B 1,..., B n holds in R if: t, t’ R, (t.A 1 =t’.A 1 ... t.A m =t’.A m t.B 1 =t’.B 1 ... t.B m =t’.B m ) A1...AmB1...Bm if t, t’ agree here then t, t’ agree here t t’ R
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Important Point! Functional dependencies are part of the schema! They constrain the possible legal data instances. At any point in time, the actual database may satisfy additional FD’s.
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Examples EmpID Name, Phone, Position Position Phone but Phone Position EmpIDNamePhonePosition E0045Smith1234Clerk E1847John9876Salesrep E1111Smith9876Salesrep E9999Mary1234Lawyer
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Formal definition of a key A key is a set of attributes A 1,..., A n s.t. for any other attribute B, A 1,..., A n B A minimal key is a set of attributes which is a key and for which no subset is a key Note: book calls them superkey and key
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Examples of Keys Product(name, price, category, color) name, category price category color Keys are: {name, category} and all supersets Enrollment(student, address, course, room, time) student address room, time course student, course room, time Keys are: [in class]
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Inference Rules for FD’s A, A, … A 12n B, B, … B 12m A, A, … A 12n 1 Is equivalent to B A, A, … A 12n 2 B 12n m B … Splitting rule and Combing rule A1...AmB1...Bm
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Inference Rules for FD’s (continued) A, A, … A 12n i A Trivial Rule Why ? A1...Am where i = 1, 2,..., n
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Inference Rules for FD’s (continued) A, A, … A 12n Transitive Closure Rule B, B, … B 12m A, A, … A 12n 1 B, B …, B 2m1 C, C …, C 2p1 2p If and then Why ?
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A1...AmB1...BmC1C1...CpCp
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Enrollment(student, major, course, room, time) student major major, course room course time What else can we infer ? [in class]
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Closure of a set of Attributes Given a set of attributes {A1, …, An} and a set of dependencies S. Problem: find all attributes B such that: any relation which satisfies S also satisfies: A1, …, An B The closure of {A1, …, An}, denoted {A1, …, An}, is the set of all such attributes B +
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Closure Algorithm Start with X={A1, …, An}. Repeat until X doesn’t change do: if is in S, and C is not in X then add C to X. B, B, … B 12n C 12 n are all in X, and
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Example A B C A D E B D A F B Closure of {A,B}: X = {A, B, } Closure of {A, F}: X = {A, F, } R(A,B,C,D,E,F)
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Why Is the Algorithm Correct ? Show the following by induction: –For every B in X: A1, …, An B Initially X = {A1, …, An} -- holds Induction step: B1, …, Bm in X –Implies A1, …, An B1, …, Bm –We also have B1, …, Bm C –By transitivity we have A1, …, An C This shows that the algorithm is sound; need to show it is complete
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Relational Schema Design (or Logical Design) Main idea: Start with some relational schema Find out its FD’s Use them to design a better relational schema
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Relational Schema Design Anomalies: Redundancy = repeat data Update anomalies = Fred moves to “Bellvue” Deletion anomalies = Fred drops all phone numbers: what is his city ? Recall set attributes (persons with several phones): SSN Name, City, but not SSN PhoneNumber NameSSNPhoneNumberCity Fred123-45-6789206-555-1234Seattle Fred123-45-6789206-555-6543Seattle Joe987-65-4321908-555-2121Westfield Joe987-65-4321908-555-1234Westfield
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Relation Decomposition Break the relation into two: NameSSNCity Fred123-45-6789Seattle Joe987-65-4321Westfield SSNPhoneNumber 123-45-6789206-555-1234 123-45-6789206-555-6543 987-65-4321908-555-2121 987-65-4321908-555-1234
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Relational Schema Design Person buys Product name pricenamessn Conceptual Model: Relational Model: plus FD’s Normalization: Eliminates anomalies
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Decompositions in General R(A 1,..., A n ) Create two relations R1(B1,..., Bm) and R2(C1,..., Cp) such that: B1,..., Bm C1,..., Cp = A1,..., An and: R 1 = projection of R on B 1,..., B m R 2 = projection of R on C 1,..., C p
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Incorrect Decomposition Sometimes it is incorrect: NamePriceCategory Gizmo19.99Gadget OneClick24.99Camera DoubleClick29.99Camera Decompose on : Name, Category and Price, Category
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Incorrect Decomposition NameCategory GizmoGadget OneClickCamera DoubleClickCamera PriceCategory 19.99Gadget 24.99Camera 29.99Camera NamePriceCategory Gizmo19.99Gadget OneClick24.99Camera OneClick29.99Camera DoubleClick24.99Camera DoubleClick29.99Camera When we put it back: Cannot recover information
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Normal Forms First Normal Form = all attributes are atomic Second Normal Form (2NF) = old and obsolete Third Normal Form (3NF) = this lecture Boyce Codd Normal Form (BCNF) = this lecture Others...
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Boyce-Codd Normal Form A simple condition for removing anomalies from relations: In English (though a bit vague): Whenever a set of attributes of R is determining another attribute, should determine all the attributes of R. A relation R is in BCNF if: Whenever there is a nontrivial dependency A 1,..., A n B in R, {A 1,..., A n } is a key for R A relation R is in BCNF if: Whenever there is a nontrivial dependency A 1,..., A n B in R, {A 1,..., A n } is a key for R
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Example What are the dependencies? SSN Name, City What are the keys? {SSN, PhoneNumber} Is it in BCNF? NameSSNPhoneNumberCity Fred123-45-6789206-555-1234Seattle Fred123-45-6789206-555-6543Seattle Joe987-65-4321908-555-2121Westfield Joe987-65-4321908-555-1234Westfield
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Decompose it into BCNF NameSSNCity Fred123-45-6789Seattle Joe987-65-4321Westfield SSNPhoneNumber 123-45-6789206-555-1234 123-45-6789206-555-6543 987-65-4321908-555-2121 987-65-4321908-555-1234 SSN Name, City
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Summary of BCNF Decomposition Find a dependency that violates the BCNF condition: A, A, … A 12n B, B, … B 12m A’s Others B’s R1R2 Heuristics: choose B, B, … B “as large as possible” 12m Decompose: Is there a 2-attribute relation that is not in BCNF ? Continue until there are no BCNF violations left.
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Example Decomposition Person(name, SSN, age, hairColor, phoneNumber) SSN name, age age hairColor Decompose in BCNF (in class): Step 1: find all keys Step 2: now decompose
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Other Example R(A,B,C,D) A B, B C Key: A, D Violations of BCNF: A B, A C, A BC Pick A BC: split into R1(A,BC) R2(A,D) What happens if we pick A B first ?
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Correct Decompositions A decomposition is lossless if we can recover: R(A,B,C) R1(A,B) R2(A,C) R’(A,B,C) should be the same as R(A,B,C) R’ is in general larger than R. Must ensure R’ = R Decompose Recover
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Correct Decompositions Given R(A,B,C) s.t. A B, the decomposition into R1(A,B), R2(A,C) is lossless
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3NF: A Problem with BCNF Unit Company Product Unit Company Unit Product FD’s: Unit Company; Company, Product Unit So, there is a BCNF violation, and we decompose. Unit Company No FDs
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So What’s the Problem? Unit Company Product Unit CompanyUnit Product Galaga99 UW Galaga99 databases Bingo UW Bingo databases No problem so far. All local FD’s are satisfied. Let’s put all the data back into a single table again: Galaga99 UW databases Bingo UW databases Violates the dependency: company, product -> unit!
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Solution: 3rd Normal Form (3NF) A simple condition for removing anomalies from relations: A relation R is in 3rd normal form if : Whenever there is a nontrivial dependency A 1, A 2,..., A n B for R, then {A 1, A 2,..., A n } a super-key for R, or B is part of a key. A relation R is in 3rd normal form if : Whenever there is a nontrivial dependency A 1, A 2,..., A n B for R, then {A 1, A 2,..., A n } a super-key for R, or B is part of a key.
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