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CS3402 CityU of HK. 2. Overview. Database design is essentially to decide What data to store?How to store it?We must perform the design in a systematic way to achieve the maximum efficiency.For this purpose, we need a tool that allows us to visualize our current design in a concise but accurat
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1. Entity Relationship Diagram This presentation is prepared by Yufei Tao.http://www.cs.cityu.edu.hk/~taoyf
Some examples are designed based on the slides provided by the textbook website.
2. CS3402 CityU of HK 2 Overview Database design is essentially to decide
What data to store?
How to store it?
We must perform the design in a systematic way to achieve the maximum efficiency.
For this purpose, we need a tool that allows us to visualize our current design in a concise but accurate manner.
The ER diagram is such a tool.
3. CS3402 CityU of HK 3 An example ER diagram