Re: A simple Q from a beginner

From: <MSherrill_at_compuserve.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 16:42:22 GMT
Message-ID: <39d8ba71.8962166_at_news.compuserve.com>


On Sun, 1 Oct 2000 15:27:11 -0400, "Steve Long" <nospam_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

>Since the relationship between physician and patient is many-to-many, a
>junction entity is required to resolve this mapping, so something like a
>PatientPhysician table is required with at least PatientID and PhysicianID
>as foreign keys to their respective base tables Patient and Physician.

And since the patient might also be a physician, or the physician might be treating herself, well . . .

-- 
Mike Sherrill
Information Management Systems
Received on Mon Oct 02 2000 - 18:42:22 CEST

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