Friday, May 22, 2020

what is Cardinality or binary relationship? explain in details with example and diagram


Cardinality/Binary relationship

It defines the numerical attributes of the relationship between two entites or entity sets.
One to one relationship : -
When a single instance of an entity is associated with a single instance of another entity then it is called one to one relationship.
For example : - a person has only one passport and a passport is given to one person.









One to many relationship : -
When a single instance of an entity is associated with more than one instance of another entity then it is called one to many relationship.
For example: -
One customer can placed many orders but an order can’t be placed by many customers.










Many to One relationship: -
When more than one instance of an entity is associated with single instance of another entity then it is called many to one relationship.
For example: -
Many students can study in a single college but a student in many colleges at same time.







Many to many relationship: -
When more than one instance is associated with more than instance of another entity then it is called many to many relationship.
For example: -
More than one employee assigned to many project and many project can be assigned to many employee.






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