What is Normalization?

Answer Posted / sharath.dwh


NORMALIZATION MEANS TAKING A RAW DATABASE AND BREAKING IT
INTO LOGICAL UNITS CALLED TABLES IS CALLED NORMALIZATION.


DENORMALIZATION MEANS TAKING A NORMALIZED DATABASE AND
MODIFYING IT TO ALLOW CONTROLLED REDUNDANCY
FOR INCREASING DATABASE PERFORMANCE IS CALLED
DENORMALIZATION.

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