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Database Design and Relational Theory

Errata for Database Design and Relational Theory

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Version Location Description Submitted By Date submitted Date corrected
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website subtitle

"Normals Forms" in the subtitle on your advertising website should be "Normal Forms"

Anonymous  Mar 22, 2012 
Printed
Page 44
Sentence beginning "Note:" immediately following first bullet

Replace "Exercise 4.5" by "Exercise 4.4"

C.J. Date
C.J. Date
 
Feb 08, 2013 
Printed
Page 53
Final bullet

Replace "if and only for" by "if and only if for".

C.J. Date
C.J. Date
 
Apr 29, 2015 
Printed
Page 67
Numbered procedure, Step 3

Step 3 of the procedure, though not actually incorrect, is logically unnecessary and could be deleted without loss. If it is, certain minor and obvious cosmetic fixes (not detailed here) will be needed as well.

C.J. Date
C.J. Date
 
Feb 14, 2013 
Printed
Page 70
2nd bullet, line 5

Replace :the 3NF" by "the 3NF procedure"

C.J. Date
C.J. Date
 
Feb 08, 2013 
Printed
Page 70
Para. immediately following the two bullets, line 1

Replace "Exercise 6.3" by "Exercise 6.4"

C.J. Date
C.J. Date
 
Feb 14, 2013 
Printed
Page 74
Q6.3

There is a stray closing brace in the "typical tuple"

Bret McGee  Feb 25, 2015 
Printed
Page 88
Footnote 11, line 1

Replace "thye" by "the"

C.J. Date
C.J. Date
 
Feb 08, 2013 
Printed
Page 103
Fig. 9.2

The SPJ relation should look like this:
S1 P1 J2
S1 P1 J1
S1 P2 J1
S2 P1 J2
S2 P1 J1

C.J. Date
C.J. Date
 
Feb 08, 2013 
Printed
Page 122
Para. beginning "Now I'd", line 3

Replace "I've tacitly limited" by "I've mostly, albeit tacitly, limited"

C.J. Date
C.J. Date
 
Feb 08, 2013