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Database Normal Form Rules

1st Normal Form

1. All column values are atomic.
2. No repeating groups.

2nd Normal Form

1. All non-key attributes are fully determined by the composite primary key.

3rd Normal Form

1. No transitive dependencies between any attributes.

Read a full description in the MySQL article An Introduction to Database Normalization.