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3.7.2 Rule 2: Mapping atomic attributes
For entities with atomic attributes, entities are mapped to a table by forming columns for
the atomic attributes.
Example 3:
Conversion of following ER diagram with atomic attributes into relation database
A
relational database of the above Entity diagram with some data would be like following
table:
The entity name, Student, would be the name of the relation/table. The attributes in the dia-
gram become the column headings.
