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ER Diagrams

An entity relationship diagram describes data items and relationships between them. An entity is any tangible thing significant to the system, such as a customer or aircraft. Attributes describe properties of entities, like age or address. Relationships show how entities relate to each other, such as each manager being responsible for one department in a one-to-one relationship, or each employee working for one company but a company having multiple employees in a one-to-many relationship. Lecturers can teach multiple courses and courses can have multiple lecturers, representing a many-to-many relationship.

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ER Diagrams

An entity relationship diagram describes data items and relationships between them. An entity is any tangible thing significant to the system, such as a customer or aircraft. Attributes describe properties of entities, like age or address. Relationships show how entities relate to each other, such as each manager being responsible for one department in a one-to-one relationship, or each employee working for one company but a company having multiple employees in a one-to-many relationship. Lecturers can teach multiple courses and courses can have multiple lecturers, representing a many-to-many relationship.

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Database Design

ER Modelling

An entity relationship diagram


describes data items and the
relationships between them.
ER Modelling

An entity is any tangible


thing significant to the
system being studied.
Banking system: Customer,
Account, Loan.

Airline system: Aircraft,


Passenger, Flight, Airport.
ER Modelling

Each manager is responsible for only one department and each department is
the responsibility of only one manager. When labelling entities, always use
singular! You are modelling for 1 entity as a representative.

A one-to-one relationship.
ER Modelling

Each company employs one or


more employees, but Each
employee is employed by only one
company.

1 to Many relationship
ER Modelling

Each lecturer teaches one or more courses and each course is


taught by one or more lecturers.

Look at the relationship in both directions to determine


relationship correctly. So look at it from both points of view.

Many-to-many relationship.
ER Modelling

An attribute describes some


property of an entity.

Age

Lecturer
Height

Address
Exercise

Students study a variety of


courses.
Draw a simple ER diagram
showing the relationship
Studies.
You may assume any suitable
attributes for your chosen
entities.

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