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1、SolutionsChapter44.1.14.1.2a)b)c)Incweassumethataphoneandaddresscanonlybelongtoasinglecustomer(1-mrelationshiprepresentedbyarrowintocustomer).d)Indweassumethatanaddresscanonlybelongtoonecustomerandaphonecanexistatonlyoneaddress.Ifthemultiplicityofaboverelationshipswerem-to-n,theentitysetbecome

2、sweakandthekeyssNoofcustomerswillbeneededaspartofthecompositekeyoftheentityset.Inc&d,weconvertattributesphonesandaddressestoentitysets.Sinceentitysetsoftenbecomerelationsinrelationaldesign,wemustconsidermoreefficientalternatives.Insteadofqueryingmultipletableswherekeyvaluesareduplicated,wecana

3、lsomodifyattributes:(i)PhonesattributecanbeconvertedintoHomePhone,OfficePhoneandCellPhone.(ii)Amultivaluedattributesuchasaliascanbekeptasanattributewhereasinglecolumncanbeusedinrelationaldesigni.e.concatenateallvalues.SQLallowsaquery"like'%Junius%'"tosearchthemultiplevaluesinacolumnalias.4.1.3

4、4.1.4a)b)c)Therelationship"played"betweenTeamsandPlayersissimilartorelationship"plays"betweenTeamsandPlayers.4.1.54.1.6TheinformationaboutchildrencanbeascertainedfrommotherOfandfatherOfrelationships.AttributessNoisrequiredsincenamesarenotunique.4.1.74.1.8a)(b)4.1.9AssumptionsAProfessoronlywork

5、sinatmostonedepartment.AcoursehasatmostoneTA.Acourseisonlytaughtbyoneprofessorandofferedbyonedepartment.Studentsandprofessorshavebeenassigneduniqueemailids.Acourseisuniquelyidentifiedbythecourseno,sectionno,andsemester(e.g.cs157-3spring09).4.1.10Giventhatforeachmovie,auniquestudioexiststhatpro

6、ducesthemovie.Eachstariscontractedtoatmostonestudio.Butstarscouldbeunemployedatagiventime.Thusthefour-wayrelationshipinfig4.6canbeeasilyintoconvertedequivalentrelationships.4.2.1Redundancy:TheowneraddressisrepeatedinAccSetsandAddressesentitysets.Simplicity:AccSetsdoesnotserveanyusefulpurposean

7、dthedesigncanbemoresimplyrepresentedbycreatingmany-to-manyrelationshipbetweenCustomersandAccounts.Rightkindofelement:TheentitysetAddresseshasasingleattributeaddress.Acustomercannothavemorethanoneaddress.Henceaddressshouldbeanattributeof