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C.J. Date uses the term "functional dependencies" in the section about various normal forms (at least he did in the second edition of "Introduction to Database
by peterfirefly 12y ago
C.J. Date uses the term "functional dependencies" in the section about various normal forms (at least he did in the second edition of "Introduction to Database Systems" from 1977). In fact, they are part of the definition of some of the normal forms.
- moron4hire 12y agoI guess my point is that it's just a little weird to see a discussion of relational algebra without actually using the word "relational algebra".