Un primo approccio molto semplice sarebbe quello di utilizzare solo 4 tabelle:
TABLE Course
( CourseId
, Title
, TotalCredits
, ... other stuff
, PRIMARY KEY (CourseId)
) ;
TABLE Module
( ModuleId
, Description
, Hours
, Credits
, ... other stuff
, PRIMARY KEY (ModuleId)
) ;
e le combinazioni consentite attraverso questi 2:
TABLE Course_Module
( CourseID --- for this course
, ModuleID --- this module is allowed (optional or mandatory)
, PRIMARY KEY (CourseID, ModuleId)
, FOREIGN KEY (CourseId)
REFERENCES Course (CourseId)
, FOREIGN KEY (ModuleId)
REFERENCES Module (ModuleId)
) ;
TABLE Course_MandatoryModule
( CourseID --- for this course
, ModuleID --- this module is mandatory
, PRIMARY KEY (CourseID, ModuleId)
, FOREIGN KEY (CourseID, ModuleId)
REFERENCES Course_Module (CourseID, ModuleId)
) ;
Ora, se le combinazioni consentite di moduli e corsi sono più complicate, come suggerisce la tua descrizione, invece del Course_Module
e il Course_MandatoryModule
tabelle potresti definire un modello gerarchico complesso:
Corsi:
TABLE Course --- same as previous model
( CourseId
, Title
, TotalCredits
, ... other stuff
, PRIMARY KEY (CourseId)
) ;
Moduli e gruppi di (moduli):
TABLE ModuleEntity --- the supertype for both
( ModuleEntityId --- modules and group of modules
, PRIMARY KEY (ModuleEntityId)
) ;
TABLE Module --- subtype
( ModuleId
, Description
, Hours
, Credits
, ... other stuff
, PRIMARY KEY (ModuleId)
, FOREIGN KEY (ModuleId)
REFERENCES ModuleEntity (ModuleEntityId)
) ;
TABLE ModuleGroup --- group of modules
( ModuleGroupId --- subtype of the supertype (entity)
, GroupDescription
, PRIMARY KEY (ModuleGroupId)
, FOREIGN KEY (ModuleGroupId)
REFERENCES ModuleEntity (ModuleEntityId)
) ;
e relazione (il modulo appartiene al gruppo):
TABLE Module_in_Group
( ModuleEntityId --- this module or group
, ModuleGroupId --- is in this group
, PRIMARY KEY (ModuleEntityId, ModuleGroupID)
, FOREIGN KEY (ModuleEntityId)
REFERENCES ModuleEntity (ModuleEntityId)
, FOREIGN KEY (ModuleGroupId)
REFERENCES ModuleGroup (ModuleGroupId)
) ;
e (finalmente) il corso può avere un gruppo di moduli:
TABLE Course_ModuleGroup
( CourseId --- for this course
, ModuleGroupId --- this module group is allowed
, PRIMARY KEY (CourseID, ModuleGroupId)
, FOREIGN KEY (CourseId)
REFERENCES Course (CourseId)
, FOREIGN KEY (ModuleGroupId)
REFERENCES ModuleGroup (ModuleGroupId)
) ;