How to Correctly Define Many-To-Many Relationships in Database Design

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A many-to-many relationship is where many records in one table can relate to many records in another table.
In this video, you'll learn:
What a many-to-many relationship is (with an example)
Why a many-to-many relationship has issues with modeling like a normal relationship
The solution to the problems caused by this relationship
How to update your ERD (Entity Relationship Diagram) to include the new solution
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:30 What is a many-to-many relationship?
01:27 Student and class example
02:34 Solution to this problem
03:18 Design of the tables
05:47 Name of the table

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    @kosnowman6 ай бұрын

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    6 ай бұрын

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    @federicobau8651

    2 ай бұрын

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    @jackisbeast103 жыл бұрын

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    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    @GuzForster3 жыл бұрын

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    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

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    2 жыл бұрын

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    @StefanoVerugi2 жыл бұрын

    in my opinion this video serves two purposes: 1 clear and simple explanation for those who need to learn its subject 2 learn the standard of a high quality video tutorial (for SQL or else), many skilled vbloggers fail at it thanks for posting

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, I'm glad you like the content and the style of video!

  • @jeffmoden4332
    @jeffmoden43322 жыл бұрын

    It's not my job to judge but I have to say something on this one. Like Jack Williams said below, a lot of people are going to learn more in this 7 minutes than in 2 weeks of lecture. Your order of revelation was perfect (and a whole lot of even well seasoned instructors get this so very wrong). Your simple yet totally accurate graphics were perfect for the task. Your narrative and tone were perfect. Your CSV example and the mention of how that violates several normal forms was perfect because it expressed the problem without making "normal forms" a distraction from the gist of the presentation. This should be "required reading/must watch" for all instructors that want to learn more on the arcane subject of how to make an effective presentation. The title and write up on this video are equally impeccable. Very, very well done Mr. Brumm and truly deserving of the "Database Star" handle. If someone asks me about many-to-many joins, junction tables, or just how to solve such a problem, this video is where I'm going to point them to. BOOK MARKED!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow, thanks so much for the comment. I’m glad you found this useful, not just the topic but the video structure overall. I’ll keep this in mind for videos I create in the future. I’m glad it was helpful for you and thanks for sharing it with others!

  • @michaell1787
    @michaell17873 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the help. I was stuck with this exact problem and couldn't understand where a certain table came from and then saw they just broke up a many to many relationship. Much appreciated! With distance learning videos like this help out a lot!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    No problem, glad it was helpful!

  • @mauricemakesmovies
    @mauricemakesmovies2 жыл бұрын

    You have some serious teaching skill. Keep up the great work! Your video's helped me with a current design I'm working on, involving films. Films often have multiple genre's and genre's can of course be associated with multiple films. This video helped me clearly decide to use a joined table. Thank you!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much! Glad you like the video and glad it could help you with your design.

  • @gunnerxt
    @gunnerxt22 күн бұрын

    Chief you're THE Database Star. Thanks a ton. God bless you.

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    21 күн бұрын

    Thanks a lot!

  • @praleen_
    @praleen_3 жыл бұрын

    🌞 Thank you, it is clear as day and now I understand the concept of Many-to-many! Yayyy!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

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    @yt-sh4 жыл бұрын

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  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Ric!

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    @muqeetkhan7649

    4 жыл бұрын

    i agree man these tutorials are a blast.

  • @sammyattah4653
    @sammyattah4653 Жыл бұрын

    Best video I have seen on Many to Many relationships. Precise and concise. Thanks a lot.

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    Жыл бұрын

    No problem, glad you found it useful!

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    @erf57195 ай бұрын

    Its a great example of the greatness of Proper and correct way of lecture.

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

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    @sakinahuzefa19794 жыл бұрын

    This was a really good explanation, and it really helped me in my examination, so thank you so much!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you found it useful!

  • @solis_void
    @solis_void Жыл бұрын

    Thanks you, I had a very hard time understanding why the many-many relationships needed a bridge table and your explanation was very helpful.

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @saikiran538
    @saikiran5382 жыл бұрын

    This is a real good example helped me alot, as I was stuck how to make many-to-many relationship. Thanks greatly appreciated!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

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    @kossiviaglee299710 ай бұрын

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  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    10 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear it!

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    @issarukayat59923 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, you make all details so clear and easy to follow

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @robertstjohn4906
    @robertstjohn49062 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful. The joining table was the kicker for me :) THX!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @miguelnoriega6470
    @miguelnoriega64704 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tutorial!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, glad you like it!

  • @HoshigirlYOO
    @HoshigirlYOO4 жыл бұрын

    Excellent. very clear explanation, liked and subscribed.

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you like it! And thanks for subscribing!

  • @rizadwiandhika9253
    @rizadwiandhika92533 жыл бұрын

    wow ive benn so confusing on designing db with many to many relationship, thank you for the nice explanation

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

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    @t33mc3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this knowledge. I finally get it.

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    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad it helped!

  • @abdulahaldhem4511
    @abdulahaldhem45112 жыл бұрын

    thanks Ben , your explanation is short and full of details 🌹🌹

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, glad you like it!

  • @haymondposala4015
    @haymondposala40152 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Best explanation on this topic for me. Thanks.

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Glad you liked it.

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    @mantasgumbelevicius28912 жыл бұрын

    Amazing video. It is so simple after watching it. Good luck!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much. Glad you liked it.

  • @cba2142
    @cba21423 жыл бұрын

    it was really nice the explanation abouth the options of using or not the primary key in the student_class. Ty

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, glad you like it!

  • @dalskiBo
    @dalskiBo Жыл бұрын

    Struggled grasping this until I found your video; thanks.

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @lucasjohn3014
    @lucasjohn30144 жыл бұрын

    your explanation is so simple and so clear

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @TheYousufosoly
    @TheYousufosoly2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much. Made understanding this so much easier.

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad it helped!

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    @atadjs3 жыл бұрын

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  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @numberonetech4990
    @numberonetech49908 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your expaination. Helps me to understand the data duplication.

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    8 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

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    @idk5598 Жыл бұрын

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  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

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    @akira_asahi Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the video. I am grateful for your time and contribution. Kind regards, Akira.

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

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    @TomGrubbe2 ай бұрын

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    @DatabaseStar

    2 ай бұрын

    Glad I could help!

  • @6AM96
    @6AM962 жыл бұрын

    Thank you I have an exam coming up and this really helps a lot!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, glad you like it! Good luck for your exam.

  • @klearner666
    @klearner6662 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for such a great video. I'm always stuck on these relationship things..!! You earn the sub and like :) And I would like to suggest you that if you grab all the related videos and make a playlist or put a link in the description It's all scattered actually I didn't find this video until KZread recommended me while I was watching your one-to-one relationship video.. And also it would be great if you can make same videos on a full project example like by using Entity framework core. Anyway I love your teaching style thank you again..!! :)

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot, and I'm glad you enjoyed it! Sure, that's a good idea about the playlist. I'll make one and put it on the channel. A project example sounds good. I don't have any experience with Entity framework core but I can use something else.

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    @claudiaandaika67782 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Just what I needed

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

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    @notril54604 күн бұрын

    thank you once again. Learnt a lot from your videos

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 күн бұрын

    Glad to hear that!

  • @tomsupis8724
    @tomsupis8724 Жыл бұрын

    Nice video thank you! Just wanted to mention that as someone who would be new to the database. I would prefer the StudentClass table name as it would be easier for me to find it. I have experience working with big database and often I find myself looking at a new table and then trying to find all the relative ones. Lets say if I am looking at Student table, StudentClass would have been the next table that I find, and then Class is already next.

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    Жыл бұрын

    Good point! Good to know that you would find that name more helpful.

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    @waynefong59604 жыл бұрын

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  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you found it useful!

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    @budmonk28199 ай бұрын

    So much gold !!! Thank you.

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    9 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

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    @sujanbasnet82433 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for posting this video

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome

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    @raghav50743 жыл бұрын

    This guy is the DBMS God.

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Raghav!

  • @smartygamer2512
    @smartygamer25122 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video.Love it!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @fawzisdudah8511
    @fawzisdudah8511 Жыл бұрын

    Great video; simple example 👍

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @makl-the-oracle
    @makl-the-oracle Жыл бұрын

    solid af, straight to the point most appreciated !

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, glad you liked it!

  • @servantofgod9679
    @servantofgod96793 жыл бұрын

    thank you, GOD BLESS

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    11 ай бұрын

    You’re welcome

  • @ucheobi6382
    @ucheobi63823 жыл бұрын

    Thanks...This is so helpful

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @mav358
    @mav3582 жыл бұрын

    very clear and understandable explanation. greetings from germany

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @Pensive_117
    @Pensive_117 Жыл бұрын

    This was quite helpful. Thank you :)

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome!

  • @TheSuperHombre
    @TheSuperHombre3 жыл бұрын

    Nice explanation, thanks.

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @HAIDARII
    @HAIDARII4 жыл бұрын

    thank for your sharing

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    4 жыл бұрын

    No problem, glad you like it!

  • @heppe5931
    @heppe59313 жыл бұрын

    Thanks alot for a good video!!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it!

  • @otavioattuy5394
    @otavioattuy5394 Жыл бұрын

    Great content! Thank you!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it!

  • @niphomahlangu2733
    @niphomahlangu27332 жыл бұрын

    Understood. Thanks for the tutorial.

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @iluvsyphonfilter
    @iluvsyphonfilter2 жыл бұрын

    Very good explanation, thanks!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it!

  • @danielcrompton7818
    @danielcrompton78184 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much for one of the best Database videos I have ever seen. Thanks for spending the time to make things super explicit through detailed and well-explained examples! I have 1 question though. What do i set as the primary key for my linking table? I am using SQLAlchemy and it requires a primary key on each table. Would it be appropriate to set an index (like 0 1 2 3 4 5...) just to satisfy it, no to use? Thanks in advance!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks, I'm glad you like the video! If you need a primary key, I would recommend that you create a new column for the primary key on the linking table. This could be an auto-incrementing number, as you mentioned (the numbers would go 1, 2, 3, 4...)

  • @LoizidesGeorge
    @LoizidesGeorge Жыл бұрын

    Thanks ! [ fastest way to bring back to my memory data base design I did few decades ago :) ] Γ

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it helped!

  • @levizwannah
    @levizwannah4 жыл бұрын

    Very good tutorial....

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you like it!

  • @medilies
    @medilies4 жыл бұрын

    Great content

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you like it!

  • @ayowandeoluwatosin9365
    @ayowandeoluwatosin93652 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome. Thank you

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it!

  • @P0cketfull0fsunshine
    @P0cketfull0fsunshine2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for explaining this way more simply and eloquently than my university materials lol

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    No problem, glad it was helpful!

  • @shibinabraham7819
    @shibinabraham78194 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this video. Very nicely explained. Can you please confirm/explain if there is a difference between "Joining Table" or "Look Up Table" or are they the same?

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks! Yes there is a difference. A Joining Table is used when there is a many to many relationship and it's for storing the different combinations of records, like in this video. A Lookup Table is to hold a single list of options - think of something like options in a drop-down list on a web page.

  • @kanehtube5390
    @kanehtube5390 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @pvchio
    @pvchio4 жыл бұрын

    This is very good.

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you like it!

  • @AnthonyGarner_bzaromedia
    @AnthonyGarner_bzaromedia5 жыл бұрын

    thanks for this video. I am now wondering 1. Can I set this "Many-to-Many" relationship up in my Oracle 18.4XE DB and 2. How? Obviously, I am totally new to Oracle and setting up and working with DB's.... Help! Also in what order of classes do I need in order to be proficient in this area of IT?

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, you can set it up in Oracle 18 XE (and any other database you happen to use). I would suggest learning about database design first, and then an introduction to Oracle SQL. I have a couple of articles that may help, or you can Google for something you like: www.databasestar.com/database-normalization/ kzread.info/dash/bejne/nq6uo7qsqbbeqJc.html

  • @simiterman
    @simiterman2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @Lonchanick
    @Lonchanick11 ай бұрын

    Hey thanks for your invested time! I have a question, is it necessary to use two foreign keys? Or can I use only the student Id as a foreign key inside the class table? Thanks!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    11 ай бұрын

    You’re welcome! Yes you would need to use two foreign keys in the joining table so you can capture all of the combinations of student and class. If you just have the student ID in the class table, then you won’t be able to store multiple students for a class.

  • @ctbrowncoat7147
    @ctbrowncoat71472 жыл бұрын

    Great video, thanks! How would you write a SELECT statement to get the list of class names one student was taking? For example, at 5:40 looking at your example, it looks like student Claire is taking three classes (DB01, PH01, WEB02). Any advice on what the select statement would look like when a joining table like this is needed to get ? Thanks again!!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Sure, the SELECT statement would select from the class table and use some joins to the student_class and student table. Here's one way to do it: SELECT name FROM class INNER JOIN student_class ON class.id = student_class.class_id INNER JOIN student ON student_class.student_id = student_id WHERE student.student_id = 4; This will show all class names taken by Claire.

  • @ctbrowncoat7147

    @ctbrowncoat7147

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DatabaseStar thanks!!

  • @ronaldjohnson4470
    @ronaldjohnson44704 жыл бұрын

    Great Channel

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Ronald!

  • @YOUdudex
    @YOUdudex3 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing, i have a similar relationship like this at work in our project. We have a relationship of contact and contact-list. One problem we get is when we need to fetch all contact lists along with the number of contacts belonging to that list (done using grouping in mongodb aggregation), everything is good except the edge that when the contact-list has no related contacts, the contact-list wont even show up in such a query. Any workarounds?

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    I would guess that this is due to the join type being used. If it's an Inner Join, between the two tables, it will only show matching records (contacts that have a contact list). If you use an Outer Join, it would show contact lists that have no contacts. Hope that makes sense. I have videos on Inner and Outer joins, and you can search KZread or Google for others too.

  • @dooham1383
    @dooham13833 жыл бұрын

    Can you elaborate on the the relationship between the entities...like what crow's foot notation you would put between each entity and why. Thank you!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sure! I believe they would both have "one to many" relationships, where the "many" side (the one with the three lines) goes on the joining table in the middle, and the "one" side goes on the other tables.

  • @hooyah
    @hooyah3 ай бұрын

    Very clear explanation, I just created tables students and classes. and I tried to insert data. and try joining the query where is who is taking class 1 and what classes are taking student 1. thanks 🙏🙏

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks! I’m glad it helped.

  • @guhkunpatata3150
    @guhkunpatata31502 жыл бұрын

    great explanation

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you like it.

  • @Manilck
    @Manilck2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    No problem!

  • @Janith1980
    @Janith19803 жыл бұрын

    Would you be able to let me know: We could use a composite primary key for the joining table. Hence, a composite primary key would be unique by definition right? Thanks Michael

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi, yes you can use a composite primary key for the joining table. It works pretty well and you won't have to create a third column for the Primary Key.

  • @joeamadeus9002
    @joeamadeus90023 жыл бұрын

    clear explanation!

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, glad you like it!

  • @joeamadeus9002

    @joeamadeus9002

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DatabaseStar can I apply this to many-to-many for the same kind of tables. For example, student-student (friendship) where multiple students have multiple students as friend. Is it best way?

  • @paula805
    @paula8054 жыл бұрын

    A joining table seems a lot like a fact table in the dimensional modelling paradigm. It's populated mostly with foreign keys and (optionally) some measures. Is it correct to think of a fact table as a joining table then?

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah that's one way to think of it! They are quite similar as you've pointed tomorrow.

  • @eyupalakus8543
    @eyupalakus85432 жыл бұрын

    Great Video

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @ahmettachmuradov8630
    @ahmettachmuradov86303 жыл бұрын

    thank you

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome

  • @Nicosfrs
    @Nicosfrs2 жыл бұрын

    Holy, this video is just pure gold

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @ashutoshrattan7940
    @ashutoshrattan79404 жыл бұрын

    Great Video! I have a doubt. You said while linking the student and class table you can't add more rows (for the same person) as it violates the normalisation constraints. But in the final joining table, you made multiple rows for a single student id. Isn't that a vioalation ?

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Yeah, that's right. Ideally you would only want to capture one combination of a student and a class (e.g. student John can only be in Maths class once). You can add multiple records for the same student, but the classes would be different (student John could enrol in Maths, Science, and Sport, for example).

  • @ashutoshrattan7940

    @ashutoshrattan7940

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DatabaseStar Okay I get it. And btw thanks a ton for the prompt reply on video thats slightly old (atleast by KZread's standards).

  • @WinterWolf94
    @WinterWolf943 жыл бұрын

    I have a question: in the diagram you created showing the crow's foot notation, there is only one notation mark on each end of any relationship. To my understanding, there are supposed to be two notations on each end at all times. Thank you.

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's true, you can have two notations or marks. One represents the minimum and one represents the maximum.

  • @roman_mf
    @roman_mf Жыл бұрын

    Hello Ben! Thank you for this video. Could you shed some light on this please: I get the purpose of joining table. However, I'm having trouble wrapping my head around the relationships between (student and student_class) and (class and student_class). Why both of those are one to many?

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you like the video! Sure I can help. The reason they are both one-to-many is because that's how a many-to-many relationship is captured. And the reason for this, with this example, is because a student has many classes. So, in the student_class table, for student id 1, there could be multiple records (student 1 class 1, student 1 class 2, student 1 class 5, for example). But for each record in the student class table, there is only one related student record. We can say the same thing for the class and student class relationship. Hope that answers your question!

  • @toucan1462
    @toucan14622 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much omg

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you found it helpful!

  • @josephnour6888
    @josephnour68882 жыл бұрын

    thanks alot

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    No problem!

  • @danielhimes9068
    @danielhimes90682 жыл бұрын

    Thank you :-D

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @voodoochili12
    @voodoochili124 жыл бұрын

    What would be the SQL query to generate the student_class bridge table? Something like: SELECT * FROM student CROSS JOIN class?

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    4 жыл бұрын

    That query would show all students in all classes. To populate tables like that in examples I usually use spreadsheets and insert the data manually. Or you could write some SELECT queries that selected specific students for each class.

  • @durrium
    @durrium4 жыл бұрын

    Nice vid! One question though. I cannot add any data to my joining table, am i thinking wrong here? :) thanks

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! You should be able to add data to your joining table with an INSERT statement. If both columns are foreign keys, these values need to exist in the corresponding table. Are you getting an error?

  • @ashutoshrattan7940

    @ashutoshrattan7940

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DatabaseStar I guess, @durrium means that we won't be adding the data explicitly to the joining table? That is what I was thinking. Maybe you can have stored procedure or something for automatic population of the joining table.

  • @name1927
    @name19278 ай бұрын

    subscribed this channel👍🏻

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @Pages_Perfected
    @Pages_Perfected2 жыл бұрын

    you are super good

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @dob610
    @dob6103 жыл бұрын

    If I were to build tables for an English dictionary, would I define tbl_term to tbl_parts-of-speech as many-to-many and then tbl_parts-of-speech to tbl_definition as many-to-many? Thanks

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    That sounds good to me. As long as a term has many parts of speech, a part of speech has many terms, a part of speech has many definitions, and a definition has many parts of speech.

  • @YaiseAkuma
    @YaiseAkuma2 жыл бұрын

    Why tf do teachers ( 5 of my teachers ) not teach this way, thanks for the video life saver

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you found it useful! Do you have any other topics you’d like to know more about? That’s a shame your teachers aren’t helping that much.

  • @JimRohn-u8c
    @JimRohn-u8c Жыл бұрын

    So are bridge tables helping join Dimension tables or Fact tables? Are there any books that dive deeper into this?

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    Жыл бұрын

    Bridge tables are used to join two tables where there is a many to many relationship, in a normalised or "OLTP" database. I don't have as much experience using Fact or Dimension tables, but as far as I know there is a one to many relationship between Fact and Dimension, so there is no need for a bridging table. As far as books, I'm not sure. There may be some books on data modelling or database design out there.

  • @gilgameshgaming4210
    @gilgameshgaming42108 ай бұрын

    ty

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    8 ай бұрын

    You’re welcome

  • @jacknoyan9595
    @jacknoyan95954 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot man 🙏 u r awesome I have a question if i may, Sometimes Database is not as simple as just one relationship, For example : What if u have a product and that product has multiple color's and every product with a certain color has multiple sizes, So in this situation the color table has many-to-many with the product, and the size table has many-to-many With the product and color which is confusing, because U cant say product-1 has three sizes because the size depends on the color first, What i mean by that is in the real world its gonna be like this : The PRODUCT-1 with the color RED exists in three sizes XL quantity 5 L quantity 10 M quantity 7. So how is this kinda relationship looks like??? Im sorry i know its a long question But i would really really like to see a video like this because all i could find is just the basics and u cant learn much out of that

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great question! I would imagine the product table would have a column called size and a column called colour. The size column in the product table could actually be size_id, which refers to the id in the size table. Same for colour - colour_id in the product table refers to the ID in the colour table. You could then have an entry in the product table for each combination of size and colour. But then you would have duplicate products. So perhaps you need a table that captures the combinations of size, product, and colour. I can create a video on this to better explain it!

  • @jacknoyan9595

    @jacknoyan9595

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DatabaseStar yes thats exactly what im strugling to understand because if i wanna follow the normalization rules redundancy is a bad design And thank you man for considering making a video 🙏

  • @shegerians

    @shegerians

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jacknoyan9595 Is the video available?

  • @jacknoyan9595

    @jacknoyan9595

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@shegerians no it never came out

  • @omercelebi2012
    @omercelebi20123 ай бұрын

    05:10 I don't understand that part. If I set unique const. for table I should do that for each column right? but now we can't assign same class id for other students or vice versa.. How to prevent create duplicate record for both student and class ids?

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 ай бұрын

    Good uqestion. We can add a unique constraint for multiple columns in a single constraint, and that's what I am suggesting here. Something like this: CONSTRAINT uc_studentclass UNIQUE (student_id, class_id)

  • @jesusveliz2150
    @jesusveliz21502 жыл бұрын

    The explanation is very good, I just have one query, if you just have a list of students and you want to get all the common class of those students...? knowing that in java you don't have the student_class entity

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! To get that, you could write a query that selects the class names and a count from the class and student class tables. It could show the classes with the highest count of records in the student class table.

  • @jesusveliz2150

    @jesusveliz2150

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DatabaseStar Of course I understand, but class stdinate table, it is only mapped in the student class, it is not a class as it would be done to consult it in a query with jpa.

  • @AmNotLegend
    @AmNotLegend3 жыл бұрын

    one question: is defining extra columns in a joining table a good database design practice?

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes I think it can work for some situations. Sometimes you can define dates for when the join happened (e.g. the date a student enrolled in a course) or other fields.

  • @gauravsrivastava17
    @gauravsrivastava172 ай бұрын

    Great

  • @DatabaseStar

    @DatabaseStar

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

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