Suatu Mapping dikatakan Many To Many Relationship yaitu dengan memiliki syarat cardinalitas dengan table yang saling merujuk menggunakan minilal 2 tabel master dan 1 table penghubung. Contohnya seperti pada ilustrasi seperti berikut:

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Berdasarkan ERD tersebut, berikut adalah implementasi menggunakan Oracle Database:

Jadi untuk Many To Many Relationship ini minimal harus memiliki 2 table master (categories, dan items) dan 1 tabel penghubung (item_categories), Jika kita check maka hasilnya seperti berikut:

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SQL> col item_id format a10;
SQL> col item_name format a20;
SQL> col category_name format a20;

SQL> select i.id   as item_id,
       i.nama as item_name,
       c.nama as category_name
from items i
         left join item_categories it on i.id = it.item_id
         left join categories c on it.category_id = c.id
order by i.id;

ITEM_ID    ITEM_NAME            CATEGORY_NAME
---------- -------------------- --------------------
ipn7+      iPhone 7 Plus        Smartphone
ipp11      iPad Pro 11 inch     Smartphone
ipp11      iPad Pro 11 inch     Personal Computer
iwatch     Apple Watch 5th gen  Smartphone
mbp13-touc Macbook Pro 13 inch  Personal Computer
hbar       (Touchbar)

SQL>

SQL> col category_id format a5
SQL> col category_name format a20
SQL> col item_name format a30

SQL> select to_char(c.id) as category_id,
       c.nama        as category_name,
       i.nama        as item_name
from categories c
         left join item_categories ic on c.id = ic.category_id
         left join items i on ic.item_id = i.id
order by category_id;

CATEG CATEGORY_NAME        ITEM_NAME
----- -------------------- ------------------------------
10    Smartphone           iPhone 7 Plus
10    Smartphone           Apple Watch 5th gen
10    Smartphone           iPad Pro 11 inch
20    Personal Computer    iPad Pro 11 inch
20    Personal Computer    Macbook Pro 13 inch (Touchbar)
21    Component Computer
22    Accessories Computer

7 rows selected.