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Database Modeling with Microsoft® Visio for Enterprise Architects
book

Database Modeling with Microsoft® Visio for Enterprise Architects

by Terry Halpin, Ken Evans, Pat Hallock, Bill Maclean
September 2003
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
425 pages
16h 30m
English
Morgan Kaufmann
Content preview from Database Modeling with Microsoft® Visio for Enterprise Architects
The Entity shape depicts a relational database table structure. This structure
is technically called a table scheme, to distinguish it from an actual table, which
includes a set of data rows. From now on however, we will often refer to a table
scheme informally as a table.
The Relationship shape is used to establish a connection from a foreign key
in one table to the column(s) that it references (typically a primary key in
another table).
2. Select the Entity shape and drag it onto the drawing window. This creates a local
instance of the shape, and names it Table 1.
When a table shape is selected, its Database Properties window is also dis-
played.
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ISBN: 9781558609198