\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Multivalued Dependencies}
\begin{alertblock}{}
The table contains redundant data \& must be split.
\end{alertblock}
\pause
\begin{exampleblock}{}
\begin{center}
{\ttfamily\footnotesize
\colorbox{rellight}{%
\begin{tabular}{|r|r|}
\multicolumn{2}{c}{KnowledgeLanguage}
\\
\hline
\hd{\underline{employee}} & \hd{\underline{programmingLanguage}}
\\
\hline
John Smith & C \\
John Smith & C++ \\
Maria Brown & Prolog \\
Maria Brown & Java \\
\hline
\end{tabular}%
}}\\[1ex]
{\ttfamily\footnotesize
\colorbox{rellight}{%
\begin{tabular}{|r|r|}
\multicolumn{2}{c}{KnowledgeDBMS}
\\
\hline
\hd{\underline{employee}} & \hd{\underline{dbms}}
\\
\hline
John Smith & Oracle \\
John Smith & MySQL \\
Maria Brown & PostgreSQL \\
\hline
\end{tabular}%
}}
\end{center}
\end{exampleblock}
\pause
\begin{alertblock}{}
Note: table may only be decomposed if
\sql{programmingLanguage} and \sql{dbms} are \emph{independent}; otherwise \emph{loss of information}.\\
\end{alertblock}
\remark{%
E.g. it may not be decomposed if the semantics of the table is
that the employee knows the interface between the language and the database.
}
\end{frame}