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Mapping Cardinality Examples

Mapping cardinality in an ER model represents the number of entities in one entity set that are connected to an entity in another set via a relationship. For binary relationships, the mapping cardinality must be one of four types: one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, or many-to-many. These describe whether an entity can be linked to one or many entities in the other set.

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Mapping Cardinality Examples

Mapping cardinality in an ER model represents the number of entities in one entity set that are connected to an entity in another set via a relationship. For binary relationships, the mapping cardinality must be one of four types: one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, or many-to-many. These describe whether an entity can be linked to one or many entities in the other set.

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Mapping Cardinality (cardinality constraint) in E-R

Model
• It represents the number of entities of another entity set which are
connected to an entity using a relationship set.
• It is most useful in describing binary relationship sets.
• For a binary relationship set the mapping cardinality must be one of the
following types:
1. One to one
2. One to many
3. Many to one
4. Many to many

One-to-one relationship

An entity in A is associated with at most (only) one entity in B and an entity


in B is associated with at most (only) one entity in A.
A customer is connected with only one loan using the relationship borrower and
a loan is connected with only one customer using borrower.

One-to-many relationship

An entity in A is associated with any number (zero or more) of entities in B and an


entity in B is associated with at most one (only) entity in A.

In the one-to-many relationship a loan is connected with only one


customer using borrower and a customer is connected with more than one loans
using borrower.
Many-to-one relationship

An entity in A is associated with at most (only) one entity in B and an entity in B is


associated with any number (zero or more) of entities in A.

In a many-to-one relationship a loan is connected with more than one customer using
borrower and a customer is connected with only one loan using borrower.

Many-to-many relationship
An entity in A is associated with any number (zero or more) of entities in B and an entity
in B is associated with any number (zero or more) of entities in A.

A customer is connected with more than one loan using borrower and a loan is
connected with more than one customer using borrower.

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