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Provide examples of normalized and non-normalized data from practice

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Normalized data refers to data organized to minimize redundancy and dependency, usually in multiple related tables. For example, in a customer and order database:

  • The Customers table contains unique customer records with their ID, name, and contact information.
  • The Orders table contains order records linked to the customer ID.

This way, data is not duplicated, and changes to customer information need to be made in only one place.

Denormalized data is when all information is stored in a single table, often with repeating data. For example:

Customer Phone Order Amount
Ivan 123456 Item1 1000
Ivan 123456 Item2 1500

Here, customer data is repeated for each order, leading to redundancy and difficulties in updating.