Many-to-many (data model)

Okay kiddo, imagine you have a box of toys and your friends have their own boxes of toys too. Now, you want to trade some of your toys with your friends and they also want to trade some of their toys with you.

But, you and your friends have different toys and it might be confusing to know who has what toys that you want. This is where the many-to-many data model comes in.

This model is like a map that shows who has what toys and who wants what toys. So, you and your friends can use the map to find out who has the toys you want and who wants the toys you have.

It’s called many-to-many because there are many people (you and your friends) and many toys involved in the trading. And, the trading goes both ways, so you can trade with multiple friends for multiple toys.

Hope that makes sense, kiddo!