Re: Entity vs. Table

From: Alan <alan_at_erols.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:41:54 -0400
Message-ID: <2irhahFqcgciU1@uni-berlin.de>

"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:Ie6dneGf_Y518VXdRVn-uA_at_comcast.com...
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> "Alan" <alan_at_erols.com> wrote in message
> news:2ir6udFphm1rU1_at_uni-berlin.de...
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> > There are definite rules to convert an ERD (your logical design) into
> tables
> > (the physical implementation) to achieve 3NF, but you obviously don't
know
> > about them.
>
> Just a quibble about terminology (sigh).
>
> I don't think of ERD as "logical design". I think of ERD as part of
> "analysis", and the resulting model to be a "conceptual model" or an
> "analysis model", but not a design.

Yes, that is a more correct description, especially "conceptual model".

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> Having said that, I strongly endorse ER as a useful early step in the
> process of understanding the data.
>
>

Now, if we can only get employers to understand that... Received on Thu Jun 10 2004 - 11:41:54 CDT