EBK DATABASE SYSTEMS: DESIGN, IMPLEMENT
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Chapter 4, Problem 1RQ
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Conditions:
Following are the conditions should be met before an entity is referred as a weak entity:
- The entity should be “existence-dependent” on its parent entity.
- If an entity is referred as an “existence-dependent”, then that entity can exist in the
database if and only if when it is related with another entity existence.
- If an entity is referred as an “existence-dependent”, then that entity can exist in the
- The entity should inherits a section of its primary key (PK) from its parent entity.
Example:
Consider the following ER diagram along with its attributes:
Explanation:
- The entity CLASS is “existence-dependent” on COURSE entity. Hence the CLASS entity uses a PK component from its parent entity (COURSE).
- The CLASS entity’s PK is (COURSE_ID, CLASS_SEC).
- In this strong implementation, the CLASS entity is referred as a weak entity between COURSE and CLASS.
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EBK DATABASE SYSTEMS: DESIGN, IMPLEMENT
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