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Old 01-12-09, 10:44
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ER-Diagram & Database Design Diagram

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Can anyone explain me with details that what's the difference between ER-Diagram & Database Diagram.
In ER-Diagram we mention Entity,Attributes with Relationship that's fine.what we do in Database Design Diagram??
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Old 01-12-09, 11:01
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A database design diagram would show Tables, Columns and Foreign Keys. It represents the tables actually (to be) used, whereas the ERD shows the data requirements (from analysis).
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Old 01-12-09, 12:50
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Thanks for your Reply.One more thing in DB Design Diagram we also shown relationships or not.? If yes just same as we show in ER-Diagram
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Old 01-12-09, 13:31
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The foreign key links represent relationships between tables.
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