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An Entity-relat-WPS Office
ty–r
elat
ionshi
pmodel (ERmodel)descri
besthestr
uctureofadatabasewi
tht
hehelpof
adiagr
am,whichisknownasEnt it
yRelat
ionshi
pDiagram (
ERDi agr
am).AnERmodelisa
desi
gnofadatabaset hatcanlaterbeimplementedasadatabase.Themaincomponent
sofE-
Rmodel ar
e:enti
tysetandr el
ati
onshipset.
Component
sofaERDi
agr
am
Ther
ear
ethr
eecomponent
sofmi
s
1.
Ent
it
y:Anent
it
yisanobj
ectorcomponentofdat
a.Anent
it
yisr
epr
esent
edasr
ect
angl
einan
ERdi
agram.
2.
Attr
ibute:
Anattr
ibutedescri
besthepr
opert
yofanenti
ty.Anattr
ibut
eisrepr
esentedasOv al
in
anERdi agr
am.Therear efourt
ypesofatt
ri
butes:
Keyat
tri
but
e,Composit
eattr
ibut
e,Mult
ival
ued
at
tri
bute,Deri
vedattr
ibut
e
3.Rel
ati
omshi
p:Ar
elat
ionshipisr
epr
esentedbydi
amondshapei nERdi
agr
am,
itshowst
he
rel
ati
onshi
pamongentit
ies.Ther
earefourty
pesofr
elat
ionshi
ps:
1.Onet
oOne
2.Onet
oMany
3.Manyt
oOne
4.Manyt
omany
Exampl
eofERdi
agr
am :
Lastname
Addr
ess
Fi
rstname Name
St
udent
Rol
lnumber
Phonenumber
Cour
se