Master Hibernate and JPA with Spring Boot in 100 Steps - Step 37 - ManyToMany Mapping - Customizing the Join Table

The video tutorial explains the process of setting up a many-to-many relationship between students and courses in a database. It covers creating a join table with appropriate columns and annotations, defining join and inverse join columns, and ensuring the table design is correct with foreign key constraints. The tutorial concludes with a demonstration of the final table structure and a preview of inserting and retrieving data.

What is the initial table setup for a many-to-many relationship between courses and students?

• A table with only course IDs

• A join table with student ID and course ID columns

• Two separate tables for courses and students

• A single table with course and student details

Which side of the relationship is considered the owning side?

• The side without the mappedBy attribute

• The side with the @JoinTable annotation

• The side with the mappedBy attribute

• The side with the primary key

What is the purpose of the @JoinTable annotation?

• To delete a table

• To define a join table for a many-to-many relationship

• To create a new database

• To update a table schema

What is the name of the join column on the student side?

• courses_ID

• course_ID

• students_ID

• student_ID

What is the inverse join column for the course side?

• students_ID

• student_ID

• courses_ID

• course_ID

What is the result of finalizing the table design?

• A table with duplicate columns

• A table with foreign key constraints linking to course and student tables

• A table with only one column

• A table with no foreign key constraints

What is the next step after finalizing the table design?

• Modifying the existing table

• Creating a new table

• Inserting and retrieving data

• Deleting the table