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 1RQ

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Conditions:

Following are the conditions should be met before an entity is referred as a weak entity:

  • The entity should be “existence-dependent” on its parent entity.
    • If an entity is referred as an “existence-dependent”, then that entity can exist in the database if and only if when it is related with another entity existence.
  • The entity should inherits a section of its primary key (PK) from its parent entity.

Example:

Consider the following ER diagram along with its attributes:

Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management, Chapter 4, Problem 1RQ

Explanation:

  • The entity CLASS is “existence-dependent” on COURSE entity. Hence the CLASS entity uses a PK component from its parent entity (COURSE).
  • The CLASS entity’s PK is (COURSE_ID, CLASS_SEC).
  • In this strong implementation, the CLASS entity is referred as a weak entity between COURSE and CLASS.

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