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Monday, 18 June 2012

Define Entity & Entity set in database Management System(DBMS) with example




Define Entity & Entity set in database Management System(DBMS) with example

A database can be modeled as a collection of entities, relationship among entities.


An entity is an object that exists and is distinguishable from other
objects.
Example: specific person, company, event, plant


Entities have attributes
Example: people have names and addresses


An Entity set is a set of entities of the same type that share the same properties.
Example: set of all persons, companies, trees, holidays

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