Did you mean to say "D" instead of "C"? Anyway, the article is excellent and explains the concepts in the simplest way I've seen so far. - Adrian Theodorescu - Medium

… since nothing can determine either of them. This gives you a composite key. Candidate key: {D, E}. C and E together.

A beginner’s guide to locating the Candidate Key and Normal Form of a relation

Stina Qvarnström

Adrian Theodorescu

Feb 25, 2021

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Did you mean to say "D" instead of "C"?

Anyway, the article is excellent and explains the concepts in the simplest way I've seen so far.

Adrian Theodorescu

Written by Adrian Theodorescu

Passionate software engineer, proud parent of two, author of the OpenTest functional testing tool for web, mobile and APIs.

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