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If the decomposition is unable to represent certain important facts about the relation, then such a decomposition is called as?(a) Lossless decomposition(b) Lossy decomposition(c) Insecure decomposition(d) Secure decompositionI got this question in final exam.Origin of the question is Features of Good Relational Design in portion Relational Database Design of RDBMS

Answer» CORRECT answer is (b) Lossy decomposition

Explanation: If the decomposition is unable to represent certain important FACTS about the relation, then such a decomposition is called as lossy decomposition. Lossy decompositions should be avoided as they result in the LOSS of DATA.


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