Databases are important to businesses for several reasons. To boost operations they use communications‚ web‚ and database technologies. Databases are key in all functions relating to information storage and retrieval‚ and assists with marketing‚ customers service‚ financials‚ and logistics. They are also essential in the creation and maintenance of records for continuous usage and to generate reports from this information. For example‚ a company could store all customer information and ordering
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Data warehousing logical design Mirjana Mazuran mazuran@elet.polimi.it December 15‚ 2009 1/18 Outline Data Warehouse logical design ROLAP model star schema snowflake schema Exercise 1: wine company Exercise 2: real estate agency 2/18 Introduction Logical design Starting from the conceptual design it is necessary to determin the logical schema of data We use ROLAP (Relational On-Line Analytical Processing) model to represent multidimensional data ROLAP uses the relational
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There are four different types of database-system users‚ differentiated by the way they expect to interact with the system. Different types of user interfaces have been designed for the different types of users. Naive users are unsophisticated users who interact with the system by invoking one of the application programs that have been written previously. For example‚ a bank teller who needs to transfer $50 from account A to account B invokes a program called transfer. This program asks the
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Prof. Li-Yan Yuan CMPUT 391: Database Management Systems Solutions to Assignment 1 Due: 18:00‚ Feb. 10‚ 2014‚ at the 391 Drop Box 1. Present a real-life example (Not using ABCD‚ etc) to show differences between BCNF and 4NF. Solution: Consider the following table real_estate(realtor_id‚listing_property‚customer_name) used to store the information for a real estate company with one MVD constraint → realtor id → listing property | customer name. It is not difficult to see that real estate
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DATABASE One of the technology terms that most people have become accustomed to hearing either at work or while surfing the Internet is the database. The database used to be an extremely technical term‚ however with the rise of computer systems and information technology throughout our culture‚ the database has become a household term. 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
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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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Database Design Scenario Currently a school uses a non-computerised database system to store the following information about its students: roll class‚ surname‚ first name‚ guardian ’s name‚ address‚ student ’s date of birth‚ gender‚ sport house‚ emergency-contact telephone number‚ mailing name‚ list of subjects offered‚ and subjects in which the student is enrolled. The system takes up a large amount of space‚ has many duplicated entries some of these with mistakes and it is time consuming
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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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ACSG 552 – 01. Processor Florence Appel Advanced Database Class- Spring 2009. Assignment #01. Friday‚ January 23‚ 2009 Due in class on Thursday‚ Jan. 22. o Chapter 2 ▪ Review Questions‚ pp. 54-55: 2‚ 5‚ 6‚ 9‚ 18‚ 19 ▪ Problems‚ pp. 55-59: 1‚ 2; 12-15; 19-21; 22; 25abcde Chapter 02: Review Questions: pp. 54-55. #02) What is a business rule‚ and what is its purpose in data modeling? The business rule is a brief‚ precise and ambiguous
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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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