Management and Science University Graduate Management Centre (GMC) Database Administration (DCT 5043) Instructor: Weekly Schedule: Contact: General Method of instruction: Dr. David Asirvatham Director / A. Prof. Sun: 9.00am – 5.30pm david.asirvatham@gmail.com Tel: 019-5111555 Lectures Discussions Tutorials Assignment Case Studies Project Fundamentals of Database Systems‚ 6/E by Ramez Elmasri & Shamkant Navathe; : Addison-Wesley‚ 2011 Information Technology Project Management Jack T. Marchewka
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Sheena M. Hunt Database Paper DBM/381 University of Phoenix Healthcare database systems are critical in health care. Databases are used frequently in healthcare. There are different types of databases. This paper will define health care database systems and describe how databases are used across the health care industry. It will also explain the different database architectures including the relational architecture and describe the needs of database users across the health care continuum
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files‚ along with the details of the interpretation of the data. A Data Base ManagementSystem is a software system or program that allows access to data contained in a database. The objective of the DBMS is to provide a convenient and effective method of defining‚ storing‚ and retrieving the information stored in the database. The database and databasemanagementsystems have become essential for managing business‚ governments‚ schools‚ universities‚ banks etc. 1.2 BASIC DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS In
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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 theory
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I. Column Oriented Database A column-oriented DBMS is a database management system (DBMS) that stores data tables as sections of columns of data rather than as rows of data. In comparison‚ most relational DBMSs store data in rows. This column-oriented DBMS has advantages for data warehouses‚ customer relationship management (CRM) systems‚ and library card catalogs‚ and other ad hoc inquiry systems where aggregates are computed over large numbers of similar data items. It is possible to achieve
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April 2014 Radio Isotopic Dating An isotope is an atom of the same element with different number of neutrons. Sometimes the isotope is unstable which causes the isotope to change into a different atom over a certain period of time. By comparing the ratio of the original atom to the product that were in the beginning sample with the ratio of the products at the present time‚ scientists are able to determine the age of a substance. Radio isotopic dating‚ or radioactive dating is the calculation of a
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Teen dating violence Teen dating violence is becoming a huge issue among schools across the nation. In fact most teens don’t even think their relationships are abusive or they know but they are too scared to do anything about it. Teen dating violence is on the rise. This violence spans across all socioeconomic levels and knows no race. Even famous people can be victims of dating violence. Dating violence is a real issue and needs to be addressed in all schools and workplaces across the nation
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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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with smallest form of data on th top of pyramid and biggest form at the bottom of it. Smallest form of data bit and after that characters. Collection of fields forms a records and multiple records forms a file. And multiple files together forms a database which is at bottom of hierarchy as it is bigger form of data. c) Briefly
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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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