Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management
Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management
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ISBN: 9781305627482
Author: Carlos Coronel, Steven Morris
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4, Problem 17RQ

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Cardinality:

Connecting lines among the entities will illustrate the relationships of entities in the ER diagram.

  • “Cardinality” states that how many occurrences of an entity relate to one occurrence of other entity.

Crow’s Foot symbols and its cardinality:

The following table illustrates the different connectivity and participation combinations which are maintained by the Crow’s Foot notation:

Notation Cardinality Description
(0,N) Zero or more instances
(1,N) One or more instances
(1,1) One instance
(0,1) Zero or one instance

Cardinalities for given ERD:

The following figure illustrates the cardinalities for each relationship in given ER diagram:

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