Database Environment Paper DBM-380 November 18‚ 2012 Introduction A database defines a structure for storing information and it collects information that is organized in such a way that a computer program can quickly select desired pieces of data. A database can also be thought of as an electronic filing system. Data and information are extracted from a database by creating a query and then submitting it to the query database management system (DBMS) and it is posed in a language that
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1. Advantages of database over Advantages of spread sheets; One of the advantages of database is that it reduced data redundancy this is because in databases‚ there is an identifier. The identifier is the primary key‚ where when it is entered‚ all other details‚ which saved under the primary key‚ will be revealed. Therefore‚ there’ll be less repetition of data. Next‚ databases improved data integrity‚ which it will guaranteed the data proven to be correct. Linked to the primary key function‚ the
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Samer Shaat IS 3100 T/TH- 5:00- 6:15 How Much is a Database Worth? 1) Many small business owners have found it financially advantageous to purchase their own building. As one owner remarked upon his retirement‚ “We did well with the business‚ but we made our real money by buying the building.” Explain why this might be so. There are three reasons why a small business owner might want to own the building in which they operate. First‚ the cost of moving around is expensive. Some small business
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FIGURE P1.1 The File Structure for Problems 1-4 1. How many records does the file contain? How many fields are there per record? There are 5 filds‚ each with 7 records 2. What problem would you encounter if you wanted to produce a listing by city? How would you solve this problem by altering the file structure? Some of the project managers are mentioned several times‚ that would cause duplication in the city database. 3. If you wanted to produce a listing of the file contents by last
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Benefits of a Database & Information Gathering Techniques Ian Keller Strayer University Introduction to Relational Database Management Systems CIS 111 Professor Jonathan C. Thrall April 26th‚ 2012 Databases are very important to every person in the world today. Whatever you do in you daily routine you are bound to come in contact with some form of database and our world has become so dependent on it that most people won’t even realize the importance of databases. A database is a bunch
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The entity-relationship model (or ER model) is a way of graphically representing the logical relationships of entities (or objects) in order to create a database. entity type is a collection of entity instances sharing similar properties Strong Entity Vs Weak Entity An entity set that does not have sufficient attributes to form a primary key is termed as a weak entity set. An entity set that has a primary key is termed as strong entity set. A weak entity is existence dependent. That is the
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What is Reliability and integrity for database? Alvin W. Demore II University of Maryland University College Abstract In this document we will be learning what reliability and integrity to databases and how company’s uses this technique to make sure that their company is strong and safe. Reliability plays a big part in databases because you need to make sure that everything can work without failing or crashing the system. The next big part is integrity because if you don’t have security in the
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Table Triggers create trigger create any trigger administer database trigger alter any trigger drop any trigger Table Trigger Firing Options -- before constraints are applied BEFORE INSERT BEFORE UPDATE BEFORE DELETE -- after constraints are applied AFTER INSERT AFTER UPDATE AFTER DELETE Transaction Model Oracle transactions are atomic. No commit or rollback are allowed in a trigger. Maximum trigger size 32K - but you can call procedures and function in triggers to perform processing
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Database management systems A database management system (DBMS) consists of software that operates databases‚ providing storage‚ access‚ security‚ backup and other facilities. Database management systems can be categorized according to the database model that they support‚ such as relational or XML‚ the type(s) of computer they support‚ such as a server cluster or a mobile phone‚ the query language(s) that access the database‚ such as SQL or XQuery‚ performance trade-offs‚ such as maximum scale
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DATABASE SPECIFICATIONS 1. TABLE NAME : TBLGENDER FIELD NAME DATA TYPE SIZE CONSTRAINT REFERENCES GID IntN/A PK‚ IDENTITY NONE GDESC Varchar6 NOT NULL NONE 2. TABLE NAME: TBLGRDLVL FIELD NAME DATA TYPE SIZE CONSTRAINT REFERENCES GRDID IntN/A PRIMARY KEY‚IDENTITY NONE GRDLVLDESC VarChar15 NOT NULL NONE GRDSECTION Varchar15 NOT NULL NONE 3. TABLE NAME: TBLRANK FIELD NAME DATA TYPE SIZE CONSTRAINT REFERENCES RANKID IntN/A PRIMARY KEY‚IDENTITY NONE RANKDESC Varchar20 NOT NULL NONE 4.
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