A Fundamental Idea
v Notice that the database design contains tables for “things” such
as the Clients table and the table for the medical professional’s
information
v These tables represent information about entities
v The Visits table is different in an important way …
v It represents information about a relationship between entities,
namely that the Client and the MedPro are connected or
associated by a visit
o Pairing the keys of the related entities is the mechanism
v The relational database model (that’s the set of concepts on
which modern databases like Access are built) represents
information about entities and relationships