Describe the main characteristics of the Relational Data Model, including the properties of relations and the rules for relational integrity.

What will be an ideal response?


Relational
– set of tables (as perceived by users)
– rows/columns
– variety of possible storage structures
– no repeating groups
– no links/pointers
– use of join columns.
– no duplicate tuples
– tuples are unordered
– attributes are unordered
– all attribute values are atomic.
Entity Integrity: No attribute participating in the PK of a base relation is allowed to accept null

values.

Referential Integrity: If a base relation R2 includes a FK targeting the PK of R1, then every

value of FK must either be:
– equal to the value of PK in some tuple of R1 or
– wholly null.

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