ERD Part II

Ms Zahra Ali
 Composite Attribute
• A simple attribute is one component that is
atomic. A composite attribute has multiple
components.
Composite Attribute
Multivalued Attribute
 Characteristics of Identifies (Primary
Key)
• Will not change
• Will not be null
 Exercise
Classifications the following attributes (simple,composite,multivalued):
• First Name
• Full Name
• Years Employed
• Race
• Roll no
• Hobbies
• Date Employed
• Password
• Today’s Date
• Last Name
• TransactionID
 CARDINALITY CONSTRAINTS
• Cardinality Constraints - the number of instances
of one entity that can or must be associated with
each instance of another entity
• Minimum Cardinality
• If zero, then optional
• If one or more, then mandatory
• Maximum Cardinality
• The maximum number
 Exercise
• Odeon Cinema and other international
cinemas have decided to install a centralized
database. This database should keep
information regarding cinemas including its
name, address and phone number. Each
cinema must have one or more theaters and
each theater has a specific showing time.
During these showing times a movie is shown
to the general public
 solution
• ATTRIBUTES
• CINEMA
– Cinema_ID
– Cinema_Name
– Cinema_Address
– Cinema_Phone
• THEATER
– Theater_ID
– Theater_Capacity
• SHOWING
– Showing_Time
– Showing_Date
– Showing_Attendence
• MOVIE
• Movie_ID
– Movie_Title
– Movie_Director
– Movie_Rating
 Step 3

BUSINESS RULES
• A CINEMA must contain one or more THEATERS. A THEATER must belong to one
CINEMA only.
• A THEATER has one or more SHOWING times. A particular SHOWING time for a
movie must belong to one THEATER only
• A MOVIE can have many SHOWING times and a particular SHOWING time at a
THEATER must belong to one MOVIE only.
Step 4
 Announcements
• Quiz No 2 will be held in upcoming class.
• Final Project ERD is due , uploaded on LMS.