Modern Database Management (12th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133544619
Author: Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Ramesh Venkataraman, Heikki Topi
Publisher: PEARSON
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What is the purpose of a subtype discriminator?
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Modern Database Management (12th Edition)
Ch. 3 - Define each of the following terms: supertype...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.2RQCh. 3 - Contrast the following terms: supertype; subtype...Ch. 3 - State two conditions that indicate when a database...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.5RQCh. 3 - Give an example (other than those discussed in the...Ch. 3 - What is the attribute inheritance? Why is it...Ch. 3 - Give an example of each of the following: a...Ch. 3 - What types of business rules are normally captured...Ch. 3 - What is the purpose of a subtype discriminator?
Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.11RQCh. 3 - In what ways is starting a data modeling project...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.13RQCh. 3 - Prob. 3.14RQCh. 3 - What do you purchase when you acquire a packaged...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.16RQCh. 3 - When is a member of a supertype always a member of...Ch. 3 - Examine the hierarchy for the university EER...Ch. 3 - Add a subtype discriminator for each of the...Ch. 3 - For simplicity, subtype discriminators were left...Ch. 3 - Refer to the employee EER diagram in Figure 3-2....Ch. 3 - Refer to the EER diagram for patients in Figure...Ch. 3 - Figure 3-13 shows the development Of entity...Ch. 3 - Refer to Problem and Exercise 2-44 in Chapter 2...Ch. 3 - For a library, the entity type HOLDING has four...Ch. 3 - A bank has three types of accounts: checking,...Ch. 3 - Refer to your answer to Problem and Exercise 2-4...Ch. 3 - Refer to your answer to Problem and Exercise 3-24...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.29PAECh. 3 - Prob. 3.30PAECh. 3 - Develop an EER model for the following situation,...Ch. 3 - Draw an EER diagram for the following description...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.33PAECh. 3 - Prob. 3.34PAECh. 3 - Based on the EER diagram constructed for Problem...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.36PAECh. 3 - Prob. 3.37PAECh. 3 - Add the following to Figure 3-16: An EMPLOYMENT...
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