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When would you need to go beyond 3rd normal form?

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When would you need to go beyond 3rd normal form, and why? Illustrate answer with an example.

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A farmers-market example of using third-normal formal (3NF) and beyond.

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Beyond 3rd normal form lies 4th and 5th normal form, 4NF and 5NF respectively. These forms are specific to managing many-to-many and one-to-many relationships

Consider the relationship of a distributors of vegetables (perhaps a roadstand, or store) and suppliers of those vegetables (farms or farmers). We want to record which vegetables a ...

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