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+2  Q: 

1-n relationship.

i dont get 1-n relationship.

have read some aritcles but still cant figure it out.

i get 1-many, 1:1 and many-to-many.

but what does 1-n mean?

+1  A: 

1-n is the same as 1-many

Michael
+4  A: 

1-n is the same as 1-many

Chris Haas
+2  A: 

1-n is the same as 1-many. n is just another way of representing an unknown "many".

Lucas Jones
+2  A: 

n could be any number, so this is equivalent to 1:many

Marek Karbarz
+1  A: 

Its just another way to say 1 to many

Jammin
A: 

It's another way of expressing a "parent-child" or "master-detail" relationship. For everything parent you have an undefined number (meaning it can lie between 1 and something-bigger-than-one) of children.

davek
that's a misleading way of thinking of it. there's a 1:N relationship between `S` and `SP`, yet neither is child or detail of the other.
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