Database Systems: Design  Implementation  & Management
Database Systems: Design Implementation & Management
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ISBN: 9781305850378
Author: Coronel
Publisher: Cengage
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In ER model, the term “entity” refers to the actual entity set. It is represented by a rectangle box which contains the entity name.

  • There is no any difference among various types of entities such as a weak entity and a composite entity. But Crows Foot use different relation types as strong or weak.
  • A composite entity is stated that one or more PK attributes is also a Foreign Key (FK).

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