Yearly Archives: 2010

Third Normal Form (3NF)

Third Normal Form (3NF) :- A table is said to be in the Third Normal form (3NF) if it satisfy the following conditions:- 1) It should be in the 2NF 2) It should not contain any transitive dependency which means … Continue reading

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First Normal form (INF)

First Normal Form (INF) A table is said to be in a First Normal Form (1NF) if it satisfy the following conditions:- 1)If the columns of the table only contain atomic values (Single, indivisible). 2)Primary key is defined for the … Continue reading

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Database Normalization

Database Normalization Normalization Database Normalization can be defined as the process of organization the data to reduce the redundant table data to the minimum. This process is carried out by dividing the database into two or more than two tables … Continue reading

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Indexes in Sql server

Indexes-Indexing  is way to sort and search records in the table. It will improve the speed of locating and retrieval of records from the table.It can be compared with the index which we use in the book to search a … Continue reading

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Difference between Clustered Index and Non clustered Index

Indexes-Indexing  is way to sort and search records in the table. It will improve the speed of locating and retrieval of records from the table.It can be compared with the index which we use in the book to search a … Continue reading

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Sql Joins- Inner Joins, Self Joins, Outer Joins, Cross Joins

I generally feel that people are afraid of Joins in SQL Server. But if they know what the different types of Joins in SQL Server are and how they can be best used then they really enjoy using them. By … Continue reading

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