IS concentration : Database Administration Why ? 1. Introduction : Working as a Database administrator for the past 6 Years has led me to choose Database administration as my IS concentration‚ my experience has helped me fine tune existing databases‚ juggle around with the configuration parameters of the system to improve the performance of the system‚ however I have never worked on database architecture‚ this has been the primary reason for me to choose database administration as I would
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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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Database Design Paper “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 large amounts of records well‚ but be accessed easily. In addition‚ new information and changes should also be fairly easy to input.” (tech-faq.com); to ensure usefulness over the long-term‚ databases should be built with high data integrity and the ability to recover data if the hardware fails. Information that
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PhyloInformatics 7: 1-66 - 2005 Relational Database Design and Implementation for Biodiversity Informatics Paul J. Morris The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway‚ Philadelphia‚ PA 19103 USA Received: 28 October 2004 - Accepted: 19 January 2005 Abstract The complexity of natural history collection information and similar information within the scope of biodiversity informatics poses significant challenges for effective long term stewardship of that information in electronic
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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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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 an organization‚ the data is the most basic resource. To run the organization
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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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UPTREND VALUE : DATA BASE MARKETING In today’s competitive climate ‚marketing and cutomer’s data have became the most important key of strategic competition for many firm. This advances in bussiness and marketing makes firms more sensitive for data with the efficacy of increasing role of information technologies in preparing marketing strategies and its implementation. Together with increasing value of data and blooming customers – focused marketing concept ‚ firms have trended to systematic
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Introduction to Databases BDS: Connolly‚ Begg‚ Holowczak Pratt/Adamski Elmasri/Navathe (3rded.) Kroenke Book (7thed.) McFadden (5thed.) Mata-Toledo / Cushman Ch. 1 and 2 Ch. 1 Ch. 1 and 2 Chap. 1 and 2 Chap. 1 Schaum’s Outlines Ch. 1 Q: What is a Database ? Answer from BDS: A shared collection of logically related data and descriptions of that data‚ designed to meet the needs of na organization. Answer from Elmasri/Navathe: A Database (DB) is collection of related data - with the
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