Files and Relational Databases What is a file? • contains groups of records used to provide information for operations‚ planning‚ management and decision making. • can be used for storing data for an indefinite period of time‚ or they can be used to store data temporarily for a specific purpose. FILE TYPES • Master Files -- contain records for a group of entities. The attributes may be updated often‚ but the records themselves are relatively permanent. These files
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Database Management Systems I work part time in a marketing research organization‚ which deals with research in the pharmaceutical industry. The total function of this department is to bring out a market research report‚ every month. This report is circulated to the pharmaceutical companies‚ and contains information on the sales of various drugs in the categorized geographical areas of the nation. An important stage in preparation of this report is giving a numeric code to the drugs prescribed
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BANK - CS6302 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS UNIT I 1. What are the disadvantages of file processing system? 2. Explain the basic structure of a relational database with an example. 3. What do you mean by weak entity set? 4. Give example for one to one and one to many relationships. 5. What is the need of normalization? 6. Write a note on functional dependencies. 7. Who is a DBA? What are the responsibilities of a DBA? 8. What is a data model? List the types of data models used. 9. What are the components
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Relational Database Management System Oracle provides a flexible RDBMS called Oracle7. Using its features‚ you can store and manage data with all the advantages of a relational structure plus PL/SQL‚ an engine that provides you with the ability to store and execute program units. The server offers the options of retrieving data based on optimization techniques. It includes security features that control how a database is accessed and used. Other features include consistency and protection of data through
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STELLA MARIS COLLEGE - DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE DB34 - Database Management Systems UNIT I : Advantages and Components of a Database Management Systems - Feasibility Study - Class Diagrams - Data Types –Architecture- Events - Normal Forms - Integrity – EER model - Converting Class Diagrams to Normalized Tables - Data Dictionary. UNIT II : Query Basics - Computation Using Queries - Subtotals and GROUP BY Command - Queries with Multiple Tables - Subqueries - Joins - DDL & DML - Testing
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STUDENT DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A SWDLC is an abstract representation of gradual development and evolution of the software that undergoes a series of sequential or concurrent steps of the software development process .each of these steps results in the development of a s/w project which may be either a minor or major component of the s/w system in contribution to the completion of the system. Each step requires some input and produces some form of output which further becomes the input of the
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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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Fie lFile Organization Terms & Conceptscomprises a record; A computer system organizes data in a hierarchy t A computer system organizes data in a hierarchy that starts with bits and bytes and progresses to fields‚ records‚ files‚ and databases. * A bit represents the smallest unit of data a computer can handle. * A group of bits‚ called a byte‚ represents a single character‚ which can be a letter‚ a number‚ or another symbol. * A grouping of characters into a
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CHAPTER 3 DATABASES AND DATA WAREHOUSES Building Business Intelligence CONTACT INFORMATION: Stephen Haag is the primary author of this chapter. If you have any questions or comments‚ please direct them to him at shaag@du.edu. THIS CHAPTER/MODULE IN SHORT FORM… This chapter introduces your students to the vitally important role of information in an organization and the various technology tools (databases‚ DBMSs‚ data warehouses‚ and data-mining tools) that facilitate the management and organization
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Introduction to Data Management and File management Most computers are used for data processing‚ as a big growth area in the “information age” Data processing from a computer science perspective: Storage of data Organization of data Access to data Processing of data Data Structures vs File Structures Both involve: Representation of Data + Operations for accessing data Difference: Data structures: deal with data in the main memory File structures: deal with the data in the secondary
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