Functional Dependency
The functional dependency is a relationship that exists between two
attributes. It typically exists between the primary key and non-key
attribute within a table.
1. X → Y
The left side of FD is known as a determinant, the right side of the
production is known as a dependent.
For example:
Assume we have an employee table with attributes: Emp_Id,
Emp_Name, Emp_Address.
Here Emp_Id attribute can uniquely identify the Emp_Name
attribute of employee table because if we know the Emp_Id, we can
tell that employee name associated with it.
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