Modelling an E-R diagram for a Pizza place database, need help representing the payment method for the customer I am modeling a "pizza place" and a customer has an account info. I created a separate table for account info. In here a customer will have an amount spent and method of payment attributes. The payment methods can be cash, cheque or credit card. If it is credit card, it needs to have a number. I'm wondering how to best represent this attribute. Does it need to be another table.
Credit card info should be in a separate table because normally, you need to have more than just a number. You will also need, at the very least, the card's expiry date. You may also need to store cardholder information (name, address, etc...) in case it is different from the name on the account. All of that extra information is only relevant to customers that pay by credit card. And will you allow multiple cards for one account? How will you handle cards that expire and need to be replaced? Delete the old record, mark as expired, add a new one? Or just update existing data?

And although it's not necessarily going to be reflected in an ER diagram, you have to consider security if you plan to implement this. You might want to start looking here: https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/