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
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.14RQ

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One-to-many relationship (1:N):

One-to-many relationship is one of the types of binary relationship that refer to the relationship between two entities which means one parent field or record can be associated with one or more child field or record.

Definition of parent and child in the database design:

  • In a one-to-many relationship (1:N), a parent is a row on the one side of 1:N, while a child is a row on the many side of 1:N which means one parent may contains many child...

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