Entity-Relationship Diagrams

Entity Relationship diagrams (also known as E-R or ER diagrams) provide database designers with a valuable tool for modeling the relationships between database entities in a clear, precise format. This industry standard approach uses a series of block shapes and lines to describe the structure of a database in a manner understandable to all database professionals. Many database software packages, including Microsoft Access, SQL Server, and Oracle, provide automated methods to quickly create E-R diagrams from existing databases.

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