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Old 03-01-04, 00:15
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How do you start a diagram
by using boxes to represent entities

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do you follow the flow of the primary and foreign keys?
they don't actually "flow"

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How do you represent the relationships?
usually with lines connecting related boxes

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I read that they should be expressed as verbs
yes, that's a good idea, and remember to have two verbs, one for each direction

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why can't the primary keys be used in the diagram?
but they can
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