Wednesday 15 June 2011

The differences between a logical data model and physical data model


Logical vs Physical Data Modeling

Logical Data Model
Physical Data Model
Represents business information and defines business rules
Represents the physical implementation of the model in a database.
Entity
Table
Attribute
Column
Primary Key
Primary Key Constraint
Alternate Key
Unique Constraint or Unique Index
Inversion Key Entry
Non Unique Index
Rule
Check Constraint, Default Value
Relationship
Foreign Key
Definition
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