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Q244432: Designing Relational Database Systems Comments and Corrections

Article: Q244432
Product(s): Microsoft Press
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Keyword(s): kbdocfix kbdocerr
Last Modified: 23-MAR-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- MSPRESS Designing Relational Database Systems ISBN 0-7356-0634-X 
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SUMMARY
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This article contains comments, corrections, and information about known errors
relating to the Microsoft Press book Designing Relational Database Systems, ISBN
0-7356-0634-X.

The following topics are covered:

- Page xviii: Email Address Is Incorrect

- Page 14: Entities Should Be Attributes

- Page 44: Figure 3-1 Is Incorrect

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Page xviii: Email Address Is Incorrect
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On page xviii in the Using the Companion CD section, the email address for
reporting problems is given as MSINPUT@MICROSOFT.COM.

The correct email address is MSPINPUT@MICROSOFT.COM.


Page 14: Entities Should Be Attributes
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On page 14, in the second paragraph, "entities" should be "attributes".

Change:
"Do you model the address as a single entity (the Address) or as a set of
entities (HouseNumber, Street, City, State, ZipCode)? "

To:
"Do you model the address as a single entity (the Address) or as a set of
attributes (HouseNumber, Street, City, State, ZipCode)?"


Page 44: Figure 3-1 Is Incorrect
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On page 44, Figure 3-1 is incorrect. Weak entities only exist because some other
entity exists, so Figure 3-1 is not accurate as it shows a zero or one
relationship. Please replace all "zero" symbols with the "many" symbol.


Microsoft Press is committed to providing informative and accurate books. All
comments and corrections listed above are ready for inclusion in future
printings of this book. If you have a later printing of this book, it may
already contain most or all of the above corrections.

Additional query words: 0-7356-0634-x devbook

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