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The design process

There are five major steps in the design process.

• Step 1: Identify entities and relationships
• Step 2: Identify the required data
• Step 3: Normalize the data
• Step 4: Resolve the relationships
• Step 5: Verify the design

For more information about implementing the database design, see Working with Database Objects.

Step 1: Identify entities and relationships
Entity and relationship example
Step 2: Identify the required data
Step 3: Normalize the data
Step 4: Resolve the relationships
Step 5: Verify the design