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Database Design for Mere Mortals®: A Hands-on Guide to Relational Database Design, Third Edition
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Database Design for Mere Mortals®: A Hands-on Guide to Relational Database Design, Third Edition

by Michael J. Hernandez
February 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
672 pages
12h 58m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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10. Table Relationships

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

—IRIS MURDOCH

Topics Covered in This Chapter

Why Relationships Are Important

Types of Relationships

Identifying Existing Relationships

Establishing Each Relationship

Refining All Foreign Keys

Establishing Relationship Characteristics

Relationship-Level Integrity

Case Study

Summary

Review Questions

You learned in Chapter 3, “Terminology,” that a relationship exists between two tables when you can in some way associate the records of the first table with those of the second. You also learned that each relationship has three distinct characteristics: the type of relationship that exists between the tables, the manner in which each ...

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