Database Design for Mere Mortals: 25th Anniversary Edition, 4th Edition

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Database-Design Diagram Symbols

The symbols I’ve used throughout the book to diagram data structures, relationships, relationship characteristics, and key designations are presented here for quick and easy reference.

A figure presents the representations for the table and view structures of data table, linking table, view tab, subset table, and validation table. The data table has a header row and content row. The linking table has a header row and a content row with borders in the two sides. A view tab has a header row and content row ...