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Entity Relationships

The following diagram shows the relationship between the CUSTOMER entity and the MOVIE RENTAL RECORD entity using Integration DEFinition (IDEF1X) notation:

The following Entity-Relationship data model uses entities and relationships to represent the logical structures that will eventually become the physical tables in a database. A box is used with a horizontal line to depict an entity and solid or dashed connecting lines to depict a relationship between two entities.