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Database Table Normalization - Exercise
How can I understand normalization by breaking a database table into smaller parts?
Breaking a part a Database Table from de-normalized Form
Objective:
Understand normalization by breaking a table into smaller parts. Consider the following to-do list:
Task ID #
Task Description
Employee ID #
Due Date
Last Name
1
Management meeting
02
02/17/2008
Gauss
2
Create budget
02
01/01/2008
Gauss
3
Employee reviews
01
02/01/2008
Coulomb
4
Employee reviews
02
02/01/2008
Gauss
How can you break apart the table to normalize it for later use?
You might make several subsets of tables.
One example is a task table, which contains the task ID number and the task description.
Question:
Can you name two more possible tables?
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