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What is the purpose of E-R diagram? List out the different symbols used in E-R diagram with their meanings and examples.

What is the purpose of E-R diagram? List out the different symbols used in E-R diagram with their meanings and examples.

The purpose of E-R diagram are the database analyst/designer gains a better understanding of the information to be contained in the database through the process of constructing the E-R Diagram. The E-R Diagram serves as a documentation tool. Finally, The E-R Diagram is used to communicate the logical Structure of the database to users. In particular the logic of the database to users.

   The different used in E-R diagram with their meaning are:

1.Rectangl:It represent the entity. It contains Object used in relational database.

2.Oval or ellipse:: It represent attributes of entities.

3.Diamond: It represents the relationship among entities.

Line : It is used to link attributes to entity sets and entity set to the relationship and vice versa.



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