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A key is a set of attributes that uniquely identifies an entire tuple, a function dependency allow us to express constraints that uniquely identify the values of certain attribute.

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Q: What is functional dependency in DBMS?
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Difference between partial dependency and fully functional dependency?

The difference is that partial dependency is when a database's attribute is only partially dependent on the primary key. Fully functional dependency is when the attribute is entirely dependent on the key.


What is Transitive functional dependency?

A functional dependency X->Y is transitive in R, if there exists an attribute Z in R, such that X-> Z, Z-> Y .


What is Partial functional dependency?

Partial Functional Dependency Indicates that if A and B are attributes of a table , B is partially dependent on A if there is some attribute that can be removed from A and yet the dependency still holds. Say for Ex, consider the following functional dependency that exists in the Tbl_Staff table: StaffID,Name -------> BranchID BranchID is functionally dependent on a subset of A (StaffID,Name), namely StaffID. Source :http://www.mahipalreddy.com/dbdesign/dbqa.htm


How functional dependency is related to database table design?

The functional dependency is related to the database table design through the foreign and primary keys. The foreign and primary keys are functionally dependent on each other.


Diffentiate between full and partial dependency?

Full Dependency:Given a relation R and functional dependency x->y (y is fully functionally dependent on x)there is no any z->y ,where Z is a proper subset of xPartial Dependency:If any proper subset of the key determine any of the non-key attributes then there exist a partial dependency p q->c d (p q is the primary key)p->cq->cp->dq->d