Taking time to properly design your database is arguably the most important step in developing database-oriented applications. This article focused upon informing you of the basic premises of efficient db design, introducing database normalization, general definitions, and the first three Normal Forms.
Next article, I’ll focus upon applying these principles to a MySQL database, introducing you to the syntax necessary to make database normalization possible. I’ll also illustrate how SQL queries can then be used to mine the normalized tables for useful information. If you can’t wait to learn more about how queries are used to retrieve data from normalized tables, I would suggest checking out the Devshed article
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