Database Concepts (8th Edition)
Database Concepts (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134601533
Author: David M. Kroenke, David J. Auer, Scott L. Vandenberg, Robert C. Yoder
Publisher: PEARSON
Expert Solution & Answer
Book Icon
Chapter 5, Problem 5.20RQ

Explanation of Solution

Many-to-many relationship (N:M):

Many-to-many relationship is one of the types of binary relationship that refers to the relationship that is laid between the two entities which means that many records in a table are associated with many records in another table.

Example:

In a library database, each book may have one or more author and each author may have written many books.

IE crow’s foot ER diagram:

Information Engineering is a method to represent the relationship between the entities. It uses crow’s foot to denote the many sides of a relationship. Hence, it is referred to as IE crow’s feet ER diagram.

  • Relational database system will not allow the user to implement a direct many-to-many relationship. Therefore, the many-to-many relationship will break into two one-to-many relationships the using third table and it is called “intersection table”...

Blurred answer
Students have asked these similar questions
I need help to resolve or draw the diagrams. thank you
You were requested to design IP addresses for the following network using the addressblock 166.118.10.0/8, connected to Internet with interface 168.118.40.17 served by the serviceprovider with router 168.118.40.1/20.a) Specify an address and net mask for each network and router interface in the table provided. b) Give the routing table at Router 1.c) How will Router 1 route the packets with destinationi) 168.118.10.5ii) 168.118.10.103iii) 168.119.10.31iii) 168.118.10.153
I would like to get help to draw an object relationship diagram for a typical library system.
Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Similar questions
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
Oracle 12c: SQL
Computer Science
ISBN:9781305251038
Author:Joan Casteel
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Principles of Information Systems (MindTap Course...
Computer Science
ISBN:9781285867168
Author:Ralph Stair, George Reynolds
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Principles of Information Systems (MindTap Course...
Computer Science
ISBN:9781305971776
Author:Ralph Stair, George Reynolds
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Manag...
Computer Science
ISBN:9781305627482
Author:Carlos Coronel, Steven Morris
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Manag...
Computer Science
ISBN:9781285196145
Author:Steven, Steven Morris, Carlos Coronel, Carlos, Coronel, Carlos; Morris, Carlos Coronel and Steven Morris, Carlos Coronel; Steven Morris, Steven Morris; Carlos Coronel
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Operations Research : Applications and Algorithms
Computer Science
ISBN:9780534380588
Author:Wayne L. Winston
Publisher:Brooks Cole