1 1 vote Relation R (A,B,C,D,E,F) Functional dependency: ABC -->DEF, BC-->EF, EF-->D. Decomposition: R1 (ABCDF), R2 (BCDE). Is this decomposition lossy? Is this decomposition preserve functional dependency? Plz explain how to check functional dependency is preserved or not in decomposition. Databases databases database-normalization decomposition + – Raj Kumar 7 3.0k views answer comment Share Follow Print See all 22 Comments 22 22 Comments reply Show 19 previous comments Shivam Kasat commented Dec 24, 2018 reply Follow flag what you want to conclude @Shaik Masthan 0 0 replyShare Rishav Kumar Singh commented Dec 24, 2018 reply Follow flag @Shaik Masthan I think it is Lossless and dependency EF-->D not preserved. 1 1 replyShare Shaik Masthan commented Dec 28, 2018 reply Follow flag @Shivam Kasat the conclusion is common attributes are need to be candidate key or super key 0 0 replyShare Please log in or register to add a comment.