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Types of Entity Relationships in DBMS
Entity in DBMS can be a real-world object with an existence, For example, in a Company database, the entities can be Employees, Department, Project, etc. In a College database, the entities are Profession, Students, Result, Activities, etc.
An entity is represented as a single rectangle, shown below
The following are the entity relationships −
One-to-One Relationship
Under One-to-One (1:1) relationship, an instance of entity P is related to instance of entity Q and an instance of entity Q is related to instance of entity P.
Let us see an example −
A person can have only one passport, and a passport is assigned to a single person.
One-to-Many Relationship
Under One-to-Many (1:N) relationship, an instance of entity P is related to more than one instance of entity Q and an instance of entity Q is related to more than one instance of entity P.
Let us see an example −
A Person can have more than one Bank Accounts but a bank account can have at most one person as account holder.
Many-to-Many Relationship
Under Many-to-Many (N:N) relationship, more than one instance of entity P is related to more than one instance of entity Q. For more than one instance of entity Q is related to more than one instance of entity P.
Let us see an example −
A person can have more than one skills. More than one person can attain a skill.
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