Showing posts with label weak entity set. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weak entity set. Show all posts

Friday, 25 January 2013

Explain the difference between a weak and a strong entity set.

Q) Explain the difference between a weak and a strong entity set.


Answer :

A strong entity set has a primary key. All tuples in the set are distinguishable by that key. A weak entity set has no primary key unless attributes of the strong entity set on which it depends are included. Tuples in a weak entity set are partitioned according to their relationship with