Primary Key & Foreign Key part10
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The document discusses primary keys and foreign keys in entity relationship diagrams (ERDs). It defines a primary key as a unique identifier for each instance of an entity. A foreign key completes a relationship by identifying the parent entity and maintains referential integrity between entities. The document then provides an example of designing an ERD for a college, identifying the entities, relationships, keys, and other attributes to draw the complete diagram.
Primary Key & Foreign Key part10
- 1. Introdaction to Python Dr. Mohammed Kassim Page 41 Primary Key & Foreign Key - ERD The primary key The primary key is an attribute or a set of attributes that uniquely identify a specific instance of an entity. Every entity in the data model must have a primary key whose values uniquely identify instances of the entity. To qualify as a primary key for an entity, an attribute must have the following properties: It must have a non-null value for each instance of the entity The value must be unique for each instance of an entity The values must not change or become null during the life of each entity The primary key cannot have repeating values Foreign key A foreign key is an attribute that completes a relationship by identifying the parent entity. Foreign keys provide a method for maintaining integrity in the data (called Primary key Foreign key
- 2. Introdaction to Python Dr. Mohammed Kassim Page 42 Primary Key & Foreign Key - ERD referential integrity) and for navigating between different instances of an entity. Every relationship in the model must be supported by a foreign key. Primary and foreign keys are the most basic components on which relational theory is based. Each entity must have an attribute or attributes, the primary key, whose values uniquely identify each instance of the entity. Every child entity must have an attribute, the foreign key ,that completes the association with the parent entity. Example: design Entity Relationship diagram model for a college? We have the following statements: 1. A college contains many departments 2. Each department can offer any number of courses 3. Many instructors can work in a department 4. An instructor can work only in one department 5. For each department there is a Head 6. Each instructor can take any number of courses
- 3. Introdaction to Python Dr. Mohammed Kassim Page 43 Primary Key & Foreign Key - ERD 7. A course can be taken by only one instructor 8. A student can enroll for any number of courses 9. Each course can have any number of students Step 1: Identify the Entities What are the entities here? 1. Department 2. Course 3. Instructor 4. Student Stem 2: Identify the relationships 1. One department offers many courses. But one particular course can be offered by only one department. hence the cardinality between department and course is One to Many (1:M) 2. One department has multiple instructors . But instructor belongs to only one department. Hence the cardinality between department and instructor is One to Many (1:M) 3. One course can be enrolled by many students and one student can enroll for many courses. Hence the cardinality between course and student is Many to Many (M:M) 4. One course is taught by only one instructor. But one instructor teaches many courses. Hence the cardinality between course and instructor is Many to One (M :1)
- 4. Introdaction to Python Dr. Mohammed Kassim Page 44 Primary Key & Foreign Key - ERD Step 3: Identify the key attributes "Departmen_Name" can identify a department uniquely. Course_ID is the key attribute for "Course" Entity. Student_ID is the key attribute for "Student" Entity. Instructor_ID is the key attribute for "Instructor" Entity. Step 4: Identify other relevant attributes For the department entity, other attributes are location For course entity, other attributes are course_name,duration For instructor entity, other attributes are first_name, last_name, phone For student entity, first_name, last_name, phone Step 5: Draw complete ER diagram By connecting all these details, we can now draw ER diagram as given below.
- 5. Introdaction to Python Dr. Mohammed Kassim Page 45 Primary Key & Foreign Key - ERD Entity Relationship (ER) model for a college M M M M