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These entities would also have relationships between them, for example, a
Customer would be related to orders placed, which would be related to the part
that had been ordered, and so on. Figure 12-1 illustrates an entity relationship
mode.
Figure 12-1 Entities, attributes, and relationships
A database management system (DBMS), such as the DB2 product, provides a
method of storing and using the business data in the database.
12.3 Why use a database?
When computer systems were first developed, the data was stored on individual
files that were unique to an application or even a small part of an ...