Are Determinants and Candidate Keys same or different things?

Question

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Definition: A determinant in a database table is any attribute that you can use to determine the values assigned to o

Answer 1

From my understanding, a determinant may not be a candidate key if the table is not fully normalized. In fact, the word determinant is used when describing the process of taking non-normal data to a more useful, normalized form.

Consider this (obviously non-normal) table:

CREATE TABLE US_Address (
  AddressID int,
  Streetline varchar(80),
  City varchar(80),
  State char(2),
  ZIP char(5),
  StateName varchar(80),
  StateTax DECIMAL(5,2)
)

State is a determinant for StateName and StateTax, but it is not a candidate key for the row. Proper normalization, would therefore move StateName and StateTax out of the US_Address table and into a States table.

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