0 0 votes Consider the following.Let A and B be two candidate keys.Let X be a proper subset of A.Let n be a non prime attribute.Does the following violate 2NF? . AB->n . XB->n Databases + – Aravind Adithya 1 1.0k views answer comment Share Follow Print See all 8 Comments 8 8 Comments reply Show 5 previous comments Aravind Adithya 1 commented Jan 5, 2019 reply Follow flag Oh ok got it . Thank you .Just an extended case Let Y be a proper subset of B. XY-> n violates 2nf right? 0 0 replyShare Shaik Masthan commented Jan 6, 2019 reply Follow flag Combination of X and Y, may lead to key or part of the key even non-key, so can't predict with that information ! Note that here key means only candidate key but not superkey 0 0 replyShare Aravind Adithya 1 commented Jan 6, 2019 reply Follow flag XY-> n where n is non prime is given Also XY does not imply R 0 0 replyShare Please log in or register to add a comment.