DATABASE One of the technology terms that most people have become accustomed to hearing either at work or while surfing the Internet is the database. The database used to be an extremely technical term‚ however with the rise of computer systems and information technology throughout our culture‚ the database has become a household term. A database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system. In order for a database to be truly functional‚ it must not only store
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Table: Similar to spreadsheet used to store data. 2. Queries: Method of extracting specific data 3. Forms: Element to modify and insert records into you databases 4. Reports: It contains raw data and allows the organization of information in an easy way. 5. Databases: collection of associated information 6. Relational databases: access databases in which more than one can share information. 7. Record: each row in a table. 8. Data Value: an item such as data‚ or such as a single phone number.
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Key concepts Let me start by naming a few of the most important concepts in relational database design. A basic understanding of these will be required to understand the rest of the article. * Primary Key (PK) A column with a unique value for each row. Although not all database management systems (DBMS) require you to put a PK into each table‚ from a design perspective a PK is a requirement. No table should be without one. * Foreign Key (FK) These define relationships between tables. When
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Database Design Scenario Currently a school uses a non-computerised database system to store the following information about its students: roll class‚ surname‚ first name‚ guardian ’s name‚ address‚ student ’s date of birth‚ gender‚ sport house‚ emergency-contact telephone number‚ mailing name‚ list of subjects offered‚ and subjects in which the student is enrolled. The system takes up a large amount of space‚ has many duplicated entries some of these with mistakes and it is time consuming
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Relational Database Design By Paul Litwin This paper was part of a presentation at a Microsoft TechEd conference in the mid-1990s. It was adapted from Microsoft Access 2 Developer’s Handbook‚ Sybex 1994‚ by Ken Getz‚ Paul Litwin and Greg Reddick. Reprinted with permission of the publisher. While the paper uses Microsoft Access (version 2) for the examples‚ the vast majority of the discussion applies to any database and holds up pretty well over 11 years after it was written. Overview Database design
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Database Project #1: Grocery Store Database DatabaseName: GroupStoreProject Project Description Today‚ there are many grocery store and grocery list apps on the market. Our task was to exercise our creativity and create a relational database to support a grocery list website for a corresponding application. First‚ we created the data model containing entities named Category‚ Chain‚ List‚ List_Item‚ Product‚ Section‚ Shelf‚ Shelf_Inventory‚ Shopper‚ Shopper_List‚ Store‚ and Store_Inventory.
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A definition of a Network database model Network database model is a hierarchical structure created to represent complex relation-ships more effectively than the hierarchical model‚ to improve database performance standard. Network database generally implement the set relationships by means of pointers that directly address the location of a record on the disk. This gives excellent retrieval performance Advantages of the network database model * Capability to handle more relationship types:
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Proposal for Solar Database Development Austin Technology Incubator / Clean Energy Incubator Patrick Kennedy Lauren Bissey Guillermo Hernandez 8/1/2012 Proposal for Solar Database Development Purpose This document serves to illustrate next steps for the development of the Solar Database project for future associates. In addition‚ it indicates particular needs that require attention as the project moves forward. Background The purpose of the Solar Database Development project
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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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There are four different types of database-system users‚ differentiated by the way they expect to interact with the system. Different types of user interfaces have been designed for the different types of users. Naive users are unsophisticated users who interact with the system by invoking one of the application programs that have been written previously. For example‚ a bank teller who needs to transfer $50 from account A to account B invokes a program called transfer. This program asks the
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