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"- **Direction** flows from parent (referenced) to child (referencing) tables\n",
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"source": "```{admonition} Next Steps\n:class: note\n\nNow that you can read and interpret schema diagrams:\n- **[Relationships](050-relationships.ipynb)** — Explore relationship patterns: one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many, hierarchies, and more\n- **[Master-Part Tables](053-master-part.ipynb)** — Special pattern for composite entities\n```",
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"source": "---\ntitle: Relationships\n---\n\n# Relationships: Modeling Entity Connections\n\nRelational databases model the real world by representing entities and the **relationships** between them.\nBuilding on the [Foreign Keys](030-foreign-keys.md) chapter—which covered referential integrity and foreign key modifiers—and the [Diagramming](040-diagrams.ipynb) chapter—which introduced the visual notation—this chapter focuses on the **patterns** that emerge from different combinations of uniqueness and referential constraints.\n\nUnderstanding these patterns is essential for designing schemas that accurately represent business rules, data dependencies, and workflow structures.\nThroughout this chapter, we'll use diagrams to visualize each pattern, reinforcing the connection between table definitions and their visual representation.\n\n```{admonition} Learning Objectives\n:class: note\n\nBy the end of this chapter, you will:\n- Understand how foreign key placement determines relationship cardinality\n- Design one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many relationships\n- Use association tables for complex relationships\n- Build hierarchies and sequences using cascading foreign keys\n- Apply the parameterization pattern for method/parameter combinations\n- Model directed graphs using renamed foreign keys\n```"
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