Week 1 Assignment: Databases Maurice Eugene Northam III DBM/380 January 12‚ 2015 Bill Enloe Databases Database Management Systems (DBMS) are mind boggling‚ mission-discriminating programming systems. Today’s DBMS’s epitomize many years of scholastic of a‚ what’s more‚ mechanical examination and exceptional corporate programming advancement. Database Management Systems were among the soonest broadly conveyed online server systems and‚ accordingly‚ have spearheaded configuration arrangements crossing
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Silberschatz−Korth−Sudarshan • Database System Concepts‚ Fourth Edition Front Matter 1 1 11 11 35 35 36 87 140 140 141 194 229 260 307 307 308 337 363 393 393 394 446 494 529 563 563 564 590 637 Preface 1. Introduction Text I. Data Models Introduction 2. Entity−Relationship Model 3. Relational Model II. Relational Databases Introduction 4. SQL 5. Other Relational Languages 6. Integrity and Security 7. Relational−Database Design III. Object−Based Databases and XML Introduction 8. Object−Oriented
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Databases | Database Construction and Management 1. What is a database? A database is one or more large structured sets of persistent data‚ usually associated with software (database management system) to update and query the data. A simple database might be a single file containing many records‚ each of which contains the same set of fields where each field is a certain fixed width - From FOLDOC A database is a collection of data elements (facts) stored in a computer in a systematic way
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with the system operating in a hospital environment. It looks into how patients’ records are being managed in most Nigerian hospitals. It considers St. Andrews Hospital Lagos as a case study. It looks into the problems occurring within the hospital especially as it pertain to managing patients’ record‚ diagnosis‚ prescription details etc. Solution is offered to overcome these problems using hospital management system software. This report outlines the design of the hospital management system and the
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Database Management Systems Tutorial Week 1 Weight 1% . . ASSESSABLE TASKS OF THE WEEK 1. Investigate data and information Data is collected about individuals and groups by a large number of organisations and in a variety of ways. a) Form a group of approximately four students and discuss the organisation that is allocated to you by your tutor. b) Fill in the following table as you discuss what data is collected by the different organisation types‚ and how this data is used
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integrated collection of related 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
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is an entity? Something about which we want to store data. 7. What is business logic? The set of rules that govern an organizations processes. 8. What is a relational database? A data base that organizes data into overlapping tables. They follow a set of very specific rules that ensure data contained in the database will be consistent. 9. How do the following terms relate to one another: record‚ table‚ field‚ primary key? Rows are called records‚ and columns are sometimes called
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and treatments for that problem. Database systems are designed keeping in mind the requirements of clients. Different software packages are available in the market‚ which can be modified based on the needs of the users. The purpose of these packages is to increase efficiency and save time. Because this is such an important and delicate industry‚ these database systems need to be very carefully designed. A minor error can have tragic results. Use of database systems has revolutionized the healthcare
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References: :- Pratt‚ P.J. & Adamski‚ J.J. (2008). Concepts of Database Management (6th Edition). Thomson Course Technology.
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constructing of Relational Database using an EER Model 4.1 The steps involved in the design of relational database are 1) Developing the conceptual model – Drawing the ER/ EER diagram 2) Transforming the Conceptual model into a set of relations – relational schema and 3) Normalizing the relations. Once ER / EER model has been developed for the application ‚ ER/ EER diagram can be mapped into a relational model . ER/ EER diagram consists of the following components. 1)
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