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Referential Integrity is a set of rules that a DBMS (Database management system) follows to ensure that there are matching values in the common field used to create the relationship between related tables and that protects the data in related tables to make sure that data is not accidentally deleted or changed.
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In a relational database, the schema defines the tables, the fields in each table, and the relationships between fields and tables.
A relational schema is a structure that represents the logical view or design of a database. It defines how the data is organized and the relationships between different entities or tables. It typically includes the names of the tables, their attributes or columns, and the constraints that define the relationships between them.
Maintaining the integrity of relationships between tables ensures data accuracy and consistency in the database. It helps prevent orphaned records, data anomalies, and ensures referential integrity through foreign key constraints. This allows for efficient data retrieval and manipulation operations.
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In short, they do not. Relating tables in a database defines the relationships between the data sets in the different tables and allows the data to be accessed more efficiently, but it does not affect the accuracy of the data entered.
There are two generic types of relationships that are found between tables in existing databases, those that are explicit (or defined) and those that are implicit (or undefined.) The explicit relationships are defined differently in each database management system, so finding these relationships will depend on which type of database you're using. Typically they can be found via the user interface when designing one of the two tables in the relationship, viewing a relationship option, or by applying SQL against specific system tables. The explicit relationships usually enforce referential integrity in the database, so they are strongly encouraged over implicit relationships, but still implicit relationships will be found in the real world in existing databases. Implicit relationships are relationships where the primary key in one table can be clearly identified in another table as a foreign key, but there is no explicit relationship defined. Because the name of the foreign key matches or is similar in pattern to the the the primary key in the other table, you can imply that there should be a relationship between those tables. These relationships can be identified by foreign key names and by looking at existing SQL and queries in the database system to see what fields tables are joined on.
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Joins or relationships. This is done through having values that appear in both tables. A record in one table can then be linked to a corresponding record in another table. It can also be done through queries.