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{"id":4484,"date":"2022-06-04T07:46:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T07:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/?p=4484"},"modified":"2022-06-04T07:46:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T07:46:51","slug":"what-is-er-model-in-dbms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/dbms\/what-is-er-model-in-dbms\/","title":{"rendered":"What is ER Model in DBMS ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>ER stands for <strong>Entity-Relationship<\/strong> model. It is a high level data model.<\/li>\n<li>If any data elements or relationship of any specified system can defined using this model.<\/li>\n<li>Conceptual design for database is developed in this model.<\/li>\n<li>Design view of data is very simple and easy to develop.<\/li>\n<li>Structure of the database is shown as a diagram called the Entity-Relationship diagram.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Component of ER Diagram:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/components-of-er-diagram.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"983\" height=\"812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/components-of-er-diagram.png 983w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/components-of-er-diagram-300x248.png 300w, 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id=\"types-of-relationship\"><strong>Types of Relationship<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>One to one relationship<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When only one instance of an entity is associated with an relationship is known as one to one relationship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4486 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/one-to-one-cardinality.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/one-to-one-cardinality.png 634w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/one-to-one-cardinality-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/one-to-one-cardinality-390x140.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>One to many Relationship<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When only one 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