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CSC 742 Database Management Systems Phases ... - Dr. Peng Ning

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Weak Entity Types<br />

No key of its own attributes<br />

Must participate in a total relationship<br />

Another participant of the relationship<br />

becomes the owner<br />

Key = owner's key + partial key<br />

Spring 2002 <strong>CSC</strong> <strong>742</strong>: DBMS by <strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Peng</strong> <strong>Ning</strong> 19<br />

Summary of ER Diagram Notations<br />

Entity<br />

Weak Entity<br />

Relationship<br />

Identifying Relationship<br />

Attribute<br />

Key Attribute<br />

Multi-valued Attribute<br />

Spring 2002 <strong>CSC</strong> <strong>742</strong>: DBMS by <strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Peng</strong> <strong>Ning</strong> 20<br />

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