Part 1 Background Chapter 1 Introduction to Databases 1.1 A database management system provides a number of facilities that will vary from system to system. Describe the type of facilities you might expect‚ especially those that aid the initial implementation of a database and its subsequent administration. Initially‚ the type of facilities expected should be described. These include: data storage and retrieval‚ concurrency control mechanism‚ authorization services‚ integrity mechanisms
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2007 server‚ there are always two copies of each change to the database: the change written to the page (or series of pages) in RAM‚ and the log record of those changes in the transaction logs. If the information is lost in RAM‚ if it has been written to a transaction log‚ it can be recovered and written to the database. This graph shows the types of backups and its effects on the files/transaction logs. Type Copies
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com is developing a system to gather and keep massive amounts of intimate information about its millions of shoppers‚ including their religion‚ sexual orientation‚ ethnicity and income. The database‚ which would combine information disclosed voluntarily by customers with facts gleaned from public databases‚ conceivably would give Amazon a larger or more detailed profile of its customers than any other retailer. The Seattle-based company‚ with 59 million active customers‚ said it has no immediate
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Server Express. The advanced services have a database engine‚ full text search‚ reporting services‚ business intelligence development studio‚ and SQL server management studio. The tools have a database engine‚ and SQL server management studio. The SQL Server SQL Express has just a Database engine. The Limitations are there can only be 1 CPU‚ only 1GB of memory‚ only 10GB of size‚ and you can only do replication if you are a subscriber. [3] Oracle Database 11g Express has limitations of 1 CPU‚ 1GB
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there has been a controversial issue dealing with building a national DNA database. This issue has been brought up over the discussion of the actual database and what kinds of effects will come out of it‚ if it actually happens to go through. Some people think the database will be a force in crime fighting. Others think it is a violation of civil liberties. In the early 1900s‚ “fingerprinting‚” a new crime-fighting database‚ was developed. With the exception of identical twins‚ no two people have
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Normalization Normalization is a method for organizing data elements in a database into tables. Normalization Avoids • Duplication of Data – The same data is listed in multiple lines of the database • Insert Anomaly – A record about an entity cannot be inserted into the table without first inserting information about another entity – Cannot enter a customer without a sales order • Delete Anomaly – A record cannot be deleted without deleting a record about a related entity.
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The Database Team has been assigned the task of upgrading Florida Food Mart’s outdated inventory processing system by designing and implementing a state of the art relational database management system utilizing MS Access integrated with Florida Food Marts present point-of-sale (POS) software. The Database Team has agreed to have a fully functional system in place by December 1‚ 2002. A preliminary budget of $75‚000.00 has been approved and allocated to this project. Scope The Database Team
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of the database applications. 2. What is the role of the database in the IS generic architecture? 3. What is file-based system? Give 2 examples of FBS. 4. What are main limitations of FBS? 5. What is database? 6. What does it mean that database is self-describing collection of interrelated records? 7. What does it mean that data is integrated? 8. What does it mean that database is collection of logically related data? 9. What is DBMS? 10. What are the main categories of database languages
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Although‚ data is separated into different and more complex tables during normalization‚ the process of normalizing a database can help to organize data more efficiently by minimizing redundancy and providing more accurate records. During the process‚ column and field names are consolidated into more specific ones to avoid repetition of data. In many cases‚ tables are divided into two or more tables and linked via a relationship using their Primary Keys and/or Foreign Keys. The main goal is to
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PubMed and Google Scholar are two different databases used for searching articles on online. PubMed are mostly used for biomedical and clinical journals. The data information are organized based on the date‚ author‚ tittle and type of article. This made it easier to search and retrieve journal articles faster. PubMed have an advance function like MeSH term subheading but Google scholar lack MeSH function (Jean-François‚ Laetitia‚ & Stefan‚ 2013). Also‚ the content of the articles on PubMed are
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