Information model of

the subject area

 Strong type of entity Weak type of entity

Representation of strong and weak (dependent) type of entity

on ER-diagrams

Attribute is the Multivalued

primary key attribute
Simple
attribute Composite
attribute

Derived
attribute
Attribute 1 Attribute 2

Representation of attributes on ER-diagrams

 Student
ID student Date of birth

Year of entry Student's age

Phone
number Student’s
name
Surname
Country
Address
City Name

Street

Fragment of ER-diagram for the entity

 one attribute of an entity
corresponds to only ONE
attribute of another entity
1 1

one attribute of an entity

corresponds to several
attributes of another
entity
1 M

several attributes of one

entity correspond to
several attributes of
another entity
N M
The slide shows a fragment of the ER-model that represents a
“one-to-many” (1:M) relationship for the Student and Group
entities

ID_Student ID_Group

M 1 Group
Student Study
 M Stud N
Student Subject
y

Introducing an artificial entity to replace “many-to-many”

relationships to “one-to-many” relationships

ID_Student ID_Subject

Student Subject

1 1

is M M is being
Student_Subject
studying studied
 A fragment of the information model of the subject area at the
first level

Subject study Student belong Group

A fragment of the information model of the subject area at the

second level

1
Statement N receive N Student N belong Group
N

are
fixed
1
Subject
A fragment of the information model of the subject area
at the third level
 Table 1- Database entities
The name of the Attributes Attribute type
entity
Student Student_ID Integer
Fname Char
Sname Char
Birthday Date
Sex Char
Photo LongRaw
Croup_ID Integer

Group Croup_ID Integer

Gname Char
Amount Integer
Statement Statement_ID Integer
Group_ID Integer
Subject_ID Integer
Lecturer Char
TypeExam Char
GBall Integer

Subject Subject_ID Integer

Subname Char
Hour Time, Date
Hlecture Time, Date
Hpractic Time, Date
 Table 2- Types of database relationships

The name of the Relationship The name of the Relationship

entity entity power
Student belongs to Group N:1
Group receive Statement 1:N
Statement are fixed Subject N:1