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ER Diagram [message #554468] Mon, 14 May 2012 13:20 Go to next message
GaneshAnanth
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Could any of you please explain the HR diagram in the attachment.

I know the key highlighted in blue color are Primary Key.
I do want to understand which one is parent table and which one is the child table.

For example:

1. Region table needs to be created first and region_id needs to be set as primary key.
2 Countries table needs to be created second and region_id as foreign key and country_id as primary key.

Please explain - I need to implement this table to practice

Thanks in advance.
Ganesh

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Re: ER Diagram [message #554480 is a reply to message #554468] Mon, 14 May 2012 14:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
cookiemonster
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Region is parent to country.
A line between tables that splits into three indicates a one to many relationship. The three being the many obviously.
In a one to many relationship the one is always the parent.

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Re: ER Diagram [message #554527 is a reply to message #554480] Tue, 15 May 2012 03:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
GaneshAnanth
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Hi Cookiemonster,

I know Region is parent and country in child.
There are Tables like Region, Country, Lacation, Departments, Employees, Jobs and Job History.

I am explaining here. Please correct me if I am wrong

Order in which Table and constraints to be created

1. Region Table, region_id - primary key
2. Country Table, country_id - primary key & region_id - foreign key references region_id in Region Table
3.Lacations Tbale, location_id - primary key & country_id - foreign key references country_id in Countries Table.
4. Department Table, department_id - Primary key & location_id - foreign key references location_id in Locations Table.

Confirm these are correct and explain for other tables Employees, Jobs and Job History.

Thanks,
Ganesh

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Re: ER Diagram [message #554546 is a reply to message #554527] Tue, 15 May 2012 07:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
cookiemonster
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Looks fine to me. Now just expand that logic to the other tables.

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Re: ER Diagram [message #554549 is a reply to message #554546] Tue, 15 May 2012 08:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
GaneshAnanth
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Please clear on these

1. Department Table and Employee Table both has manager_id - But they are not referencing to each other
2. Employee table has many to one reference for the table itself - see the image employee table's right side
3. In Job History Table Start_date is set to as primary key which is not referencing to any table.
4. Please explain which are the keys set to as primary and which are the key set to as foreign.

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Re: ER Diagram [message #554574 is a reply to message #554549] Tue, 15 May 2012 12:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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  1. What is not referencing each other? These tables? According to the image you attached, there are one-to-many relationships both way.
  2. That might be because of parent-child relationship between employees and their managers (so EMPLOYEE_ID references MANAGER_ID).
  3. Not every primary key is referenced by another foreign key. Primary key in JOB_HISTORY consists of EMPLOYEE_ID and START_DATE because every employee may have more than just one record in that table (i.e. works in different departments). So the author chose to set primary key to these two columns, as you can't start working for different departments the same day.

    Could EMPLOYEE_ID and DEPARTMENT_ID make a primary key here? No, because an employee might have worked in department 1, move to department 2, and then return to department 1.
  4. That is not visible here. Primary keys are indicated, but foreign keys are not so all you can do is guess. On such a simple model, that shouldn't be too difficult

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Re: ER Diagram [message #554669 is a reply to message #554574] Wed, 16 May 2012 06:25 Go to previous message
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1) departments.manager_id references employees.employee_id. Employees.department_id references departments.department_id. You'll need to create the fks after both tables have been created.
3) job_history isn't parent to anything. So it's pk shouldn't be referenced by anything.

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