E-R model and Normal Form

E-R model

Basic Concepts

Summary of Symbols

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Reduction of an E-R Schema to Tables

(1) Representing Relationshp Sets as Tables
(2) Representing Weak Entity Sets
(3) Redundancy of Tables
1> Many-to-one/one-to-many -> relationship sets add to "many" side
2> one-to-one -> relationship sets add to any side
(4) Representing Specialization as Tables

Normal Form

基本概念

第一范式

所有属性都是原子的 (atomic),即不可再细分的。

BC 范式

第三范式

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