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Old 05-21-02, 20:14
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circular relationship ?

I have attached an image that contains two ERD's.

I know the first one (Figure 1) has a circular relationship because of the flow of the relationships between the entities.

I wanted to get some expert opinions on the second one (Figure 2). I would assume that this is not a circular relationship because of the flow between the entities. Please help me determine whether or not this is correct.

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Old 05-22-02, 12:20
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I wanted to get some expert opinions on the second one (Figure 2). I would assume that this is not a circular relationship because of the flow between the entities. Please help me determine whether or not this is correct.
you got it - there is no cycle here.
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