Example of Lossy Decomposition
Suppose you were using the following relation R = (SSN, Name, Address): R SSN Name Address 1111 Joe 1 Pine 2222 Alice 2 Oak 3333 Alice 3 Pine Let R1 = (SSN, Name) and R2 = (Name, Address). R1 R2 SSN Name | Name Address 1111 Joe | Joe 1 Pine 2222 Alice | Alice 2 Oak 3333 Alice | Alice 3 Pine The join of R1 and R2 would produce the following table: R1 join R2 SSN Name Address 1111 Joe 1 Pine 2222 Alice 2 Oak 2222 Alice 3 Pine 3333 Alice 2 Oak 3333 Alice 3 Pine