Partial Dependency Databases

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I fabricated a definition that a partial dependency is when fields are indirectly dependent on the primary key or partially dependent but are also dependent on other keys that depend on the primary such that if the field which another field depends on is deleted then that field will still exist due to its dependence on the primary key  I am not sure if it is correct  I have researched and every definition sounds misleading  Is my definition correct and if not what is

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A FD  functional dependency  that holds in a relation is partial when removing one of the determining attributes gives a FD that holds in the relation  A FD that isn t partial is full   Eg  If  A B     C  but also  A     C  then  C  is partially functionally dependent on  A B    Eg  Here s a relation value where that example condition holds   A FD holds in a relation variable when it holds in every value that can arise    A  B  C 1  1  1 1  2  1 2  1  1   The non-trivial FDs that hold   A B  determines  C    B C    A C   amp   A B C    A    B   amp     also determine  C   Of those   A B     C  is partial per  A     C    B     C   amp        C    A     C   amp   B     C  are partial per       C   the others are full      A functional dependency X   Y is a full functional dependency if   removal of any attribute A from X means that the dependency does not   hold any more  that is  for any attribute A e X   X      A   does not   functionally determine Y  A functional dependency X   Y is a partial   dependency if some attribute A e X can be removed from X and the   dependency still holds  that is  for some A e X   X      A     Y       -- FUNDAMENTALS OF Database Systems SIXTH EDITION Ramez Elmasri  amp  Navathe   Notice that whether a FD is full vs partial doesn t depend on CKs  candidate keys   let alone one CK that you might be calling the PK  primary key     A definition of 2NF is that every non-CK attribute is fully functionally determined by every CK  Observe that the only CK is  A B   amp  the only non-CK attribute C is partially dependent on it so this value is not in 2NF  amp  indeed it is the lossless join of components projections onto  A B   amp   A C   onto  A B   amp   B C   amp  onto  A B   amp   C      Beware that that textbook s definition of  transitive FD  does not define the same sort of thing as the standard definition of  transitive FD

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consider a table  cid sid location  candidate key  cidsid  uniquely identify the row  prime attributes  cid and sid  attributes which are used in making of candidate key  non-prime attribute  location attribute other than candidate key    if candidate key determine non-prime attribute   i e cidsid--- gt location  ---- gt  determining      then  it is fully functional dependent   if proper subset of candidate key determining non-prime attribute    i e sid--- gt location  proper subset are sid and cid           then it is term as partial dependency   to remove partial dependency we divide the table accordingly

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I hope this explaination gives a more intuitive appeal to dependency than the answers previously given   Functional Dependency  An analysis of dependency operates on the attribute level  i e  one or more attribute is determined by another attribute  it comes before the concept of keys   The role of a key is based on the concept of determination   Determination is the state in which knowing the value of one attribute makes it possible to determine the value of another   Database Systems 12ed   Functional dependency is when one or more attributes determine one or more attributes  For instance   Social Security Number -  First Name  Last Name   However  by definition of functional dependency    SSN  First Name  -  Last Name  This is also a valid functional dependency  The determinants  The attribute that which determines another attribution  are called super key    Full Functional Dependency  Thus  as a subset of functional dependency  there is the concept of full functional dependency  where the bare minimal determinant is considered  We refer those bare minimal determinants collectively as one candidate key  weird linguistic quirk in my opinion  like the concept of vector    Partial Functional Dependency  However  sometimes one of the attributes in the candidate key is sufficient to determine another attribute s   BUT not all  in a relation  a table with no rows   That  is when you have a partial functional dependency within a relation

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Partial dependence is solved for arriving to a relation in 2NF but 2NF is a  stepping stone   C  Date  for solving any transitive dependency and arriving to a relation in 3NF  which is the operational target    However  the most interested thing on partial dependence is that it is a particular case of the own transitive dependency  This was demostrated by P  A  Berstein in 1976  IF   x   y  z but y z  THEN   x   y  y  amp  y z   The 3NF synthesizer algorithm of Berstein does not need doing distintions among these two type of relational defects

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Partial dependency implies is a situation where a non-prime attribute An attribute that does not form part of the determinant Primary key Candidate key   is functionally dependent to a portion part of a primary key Candidate key

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If there is a Relation R ABC  -----------  A   B   C   -----------  a   1   x    b   1   x    c   1   x    d   2   y    e   2   y    f   3   z    g   3   z    ---------- Given  F1  A -- gt  B  F2  B -- gt  C  The Primary Key and Candidate Key is  A As the closure of A     ABC  or R  --- So only attribute A is sufficient to find Relation R  DEF-1  From Some Definitions  unknown source  - A partial dependency is a dependency when prime attribute  i e   an attribute that is a part or proper subset  of Candidate Key  determines non-prime attribute  i e   an attribute that is not the part  or subset  of Candidate Key   Hence  A is a prime P  attribute and B  C are non-prime NP  attributes  So  from the above DEF-1  CONSIDERATION-1   F1  A -- gt  B  P determines NP  --- It must be Partial Dependency  CONSIDERATION-2   F2  B -- gt  C  NP determines NP  --- Transitive Dependency  What I understood from  philipxy answer  https   stackoverflow com a 25827210 6009502  is    CONSIDERATION-1   F1  A -- gt  B  Should be fully functional dependency because B is completely dependent on A and If we Remove A then there is no proper subset of  for complete clarification consider L H S  as X NOT BY SINGLE ATTRIBUTE  that could determine B  For Example  If I consider F1  X -- gt  Y where X    A  and Y    B  then if we remove A from X  i e   X -  A        and an empty set is not considered generally   or not at all  to define functional dependency  So  there is no proper subset of X that could hold the dependency F1  X -- gt  Y  Hence  it is fully functional dependency  F1  A -- gt  B If we remove A then there is no attribute that could hold functional dependency F1  Hence  F1 is fully functional dependency not partial dependency  If F1 were  F1  AC -- gt  B  and F2 were  F2  C -- gt  B   then on the removal of A  C -- gt  B that means B is still dependent on C   we can say F1 is partial dependecy   So   philipxy answer contradicts DEF-1 and CONSIDERATION-1 that is true and crystal clear  Hence  F1  A -- gt  B is Fully Functional Dependency not partial dependency  I have considered X to show left hand side of functional dependency because single attribute couldn t have a proper subset of attributes  Here  I am considering X as a set of attributes and in current scenario X is  A  -- For the source of DEF-1  please search on google you may be able to hit similar definitions    Consider that DEF-1 is incorrect or do not work  in the above-mentioned example

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Partial Functional Dependency occurs only in relation with composite keys  Partial functional dependency occurs when one or more non key attribute are depending on a part of the primary key   Example   Table  Stud id  Course id  Stud name  Course Name  Where  Primary Key   Stud id   Course id  Then  To determine name of student we use only Stud id  which is part of primary key    Stud id  -   Stud Name   Hence Stud name is partially dependent on Stud id  This is called partial dependency

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Partial Dependency is one kind of functional dependency that occur when primary key must be candidate key and non prime attribute are depends on the subset part of candidates key  more than one primary key    Try to understand partial dependency relate through example    Seller Id  Product  Price   Candidate Key   Id  Product Non prime attribute   Price  Price attribute only depends on only Product attribute which is a subset of candidate key  Not the whole candidate key Id  Product  key   It is called partial dependency   So we can say that Product- Price is partial dependency

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Partial dependency means that a nonprime attribute is functionally dependent on part of a candidate key   A nonprime attribute is an attribute that s not part of any candidate key    For example  let s start with R ABCD   and the functional dependencies AB- CD and A- C   The only candidate key for R is AB  C and D are a nonprime attributes  C is functionally dependent on A   A is part of a candidate key  That s a partial dependency

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