Functional dependency

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title: Functional dependency
text: In relational database theory, a functional dependency is the following constraint between two attribute sets in a relation: Given a relation R and attribute sets X, Y ⊆ R, X is said to functionally determine Y if each X value is associated with precisely one Y value. R is then said to satisfy the functional dependency X → Y. Equivalently, the projection Π X, Y R is a function, that is, Y is a function of X. In simple words, if the values for the X attributes are known, then the values for the Y
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date created: 2003-04-04T12:20:05Z
date modified: 2024-08-28T16:32:41Z
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