Database Development

Designing a database is the process of identifying information needing to be stored by an

application, determining a logical data structure and creating an information storage plan.
Our experienced database design consultants can help evaluate existing Microsoft SQL
Server, MySQL, Oracle and Microsoft Access databases, and create new relational
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Database Consulting Methodology

Requirements Definition
Quality database design and database application software development is
predicated on accurate definitions of business process requirements. Whether you
are building a smart client desktop application or the latest database-driven
website, a clear requirements document is the first step in successful software
development life cycle methodology for any qualified database consulting
professional.

Use Cases
The project requirements document is intended to define the actual deliverables of
the project, but it does not contain enough detailed information to be used as a
development guideline. The business processes need to be broken down into
individual tasks, and requirements and attributes of these tasks need to be defined.
This is commonly done through a process called use cases.

Database Design

Once the requirements are known and use cases defined, the database design
consultant can begin the actual process of building the database model. This
involves a database architect assembling all of the required data elements and then
defining database tables based upon database normalization rules. Additional
design elements include the analysis of appropriate key structures and other
integral database schema objects necessary for optimal database performance and
reliability.

Build Test Requirements

Using the information defined in the requirements, use case and database design
processes, the database consultant can build a test plan of required activities. In
addition to the final testing, these activities include component and unit test
criteria necessary to identify dependencies required in the development plan.

Create Development Plan

Now that we know what the project requirements are, how the users interact with
the identified requirements, what the necessary database looks like, and how the
resulting product will be tested, we create the development plan. This contains
information on the technologies and development standards to be used, the
components to be developed, the development steps to be executed and the
required sequence of the development events.

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What Is a Database?

Microsoft Access provides an ideal location to store your address book contacts. Instead
of searching for contacts within your email or in a pile of paperwork, keep your contacts
in one centralized location. After creating an address book in Access, you can send letters
and email from the database. Whether you use Access personally or professionally, you
can create a new table and populate it with data to produce an address book. Have a
question? Get an answer from online tech support now!

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How to Set Up a Microsoft Access Address Database

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Instructions
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Create a new Microsoft Access database, or open an existing database
from the "File" tab of the ribbon at the top of the page. You can integrate
your address book with other tables to maximize the capabilities of your
database by using an existing Access database. If you only want the
database to store your contacts, create a new database from scratch.

Select the "Create" tab of the ribbon and click the "Table Design" button.
This creates a table from a blank template and allows you to input the
appropriate fields and data types. A table looks like an Excel spreadsheet,
but it has a defined internal structure that you determine in the "Design
View" of the table.
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Type the fields that you want available in the "Field Name" column of the
table design grid. Your fields should include "Name," "Phone Number,"
"Street Address," "Email" and all other appropriate fields. Leave the "Data
Type" as "Text" for most of your fields, except any numeric fields such as
"Phone Number."

4
Right-click on the unique identifier and select "Primary Key." "Primary
Keys" allow you to build relationships between tables. Since the "Primary
Key" field has a unique set of characters for each record, the characters
help to locate records within your table.

5
Select the "Home" tab of the ribbon, click "View" and select "Datasheet
View." Enter all of your address book information into the table and press
the "Save" icon in the upper-left corner. Click the arrow in the field header
and select "Sort A to Z" or "Sort Z to A" to rearrange the order.

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Computer Programming
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What is the difference between Java

DataBase Connectivity and Open
DataBase Connectivity?
A:
Java DataBase Connectivity or JDBC is an interface for the Java programming language
while Open DataBase Connectivity or ODBC is an interface that is
language independent. JDBC was developed by a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems called
JavaSoft, whereas ODBC was designed by the SQL Access Group.
JDBC and ODBC are based on the X/Open SQL call-level interface standard. They
provide an Application Program Interface, or API, that allows the same program to
access different databases regardless of vendor ownership. Using standard Structured
Query Language, or SQL, statements, databases can be queried to either store, retrieve,
delete or modify data.
JDBC is commonly used for object-oriented databases while ODBC is used to access
Database Management Systems, or DBMS. JDBC can only be used by applications
written in Java, whereas ODBC does not depend on the programming language, operating
system and platform of the program trying to access a database. This independence is
achieved by the ODBC by acting as translator between the database and application
through a driver manager. JDBC can only connect to ODBC-compliant databases by
using a JDBC-to-ODBC bridge.
Some JDBC proponents suggest that JDBC is easier to learn compared to ODBC.
Another advantage of JDBC over ODBC is faster implementation on non-Windows
applications.

Sources:
1. differencebetween.com
2. faircom.com
3. webopedia.com

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The purpose of Microsoft Access is to create quick and easy databases. Access
provides a user-friendly interface that helps the user build and develop an information
storage and retrieval system without much programming experience.
Much of Access's functionality builds off that of Microsoft Excel. However, Access is
significantly more powerful for complex computing tasks or for large data sets. Rather
than operating through worksheets, Access stores data in tables that are operated using
SQL. The data in these tables are accessed through queries, which are simple sets of
commands that detail how to sort and report the data.
The program also allows more complex development of applications and other programs.
Access allows users to develop graphical user interfaces so that future users need not
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GUI commands in Access or through more complex scripting.

Access works in tandem with several other programs for ease of data acquisition and
processing. Data from Excel are uploaded using simple commands and are readily
translated in Access's table format. Access is built on SQL, but scripting can be done in
Visual Basic, as in other Microsoft Office products. Through macros, users can develop
novel functions to sort or manipulate their data.

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2. databases.about.com

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Why is it difficult to develop a unified

database of places?

I would assume that most places (i.e. businesses) have had to register with a government
agency. Under most U.S. laws, the government agency would be required to disclose
information about the registered place. Using the publicly available information, a unified
database of places could then be created. Very intelligent people are tackling this very
problem at Google, Twitter, & Facebook, among many places. Therefore, I would like to
understand why you couldn't solve the problem with the solution described above. What
makes this problem so difficult to answer?
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Grant Ritchie, Founder of Locationary

6 upvotes by Neil Kandalgaonkar, Anonymous, Tracy Chou, (more)
There is no single source of information on commercial, public and residential places
(although this is what we're building at Locationary - more on that below). Information
about places exists in a variety of different formats and from a variety of different sources
in various levels of completeness, accuracy, recency and structure. The challenge is to
take data from these various sources, unify the records while keeping the data
"structured" and while excluding the places that are no longer there (gone out of business,
closed for renovations, etc.).
Let's go through the challenges that someone would face when building a unified
database from various sources:
1) Format and Structure: Firstly, you have to examine your data sources and create the
superset. Although time-consuming, this step is one of the easiest. Still, someone needs to
do it and maintain it as things change. This step becomes more complicated the more
diverse your data sources. Each data source needs to be mapped to your superset and
you'll have to update these mappings when your sources change (and they will).
2) Processing: Once step one is done, you then prepare to load data from your sources
into your main database. Now things start getting more difficult. Many of the places will
have no meta information so you won't know what type of place it is. This matters if
you're trying to create a database for local search. Generally you will only want
commercial places and will want to exclude personal places like "Grandma's House" or
"The Tree Where We Had Our First Kiss". It's very difficult to figure out what the place
is after-the-fact if the data source doesn't disclose it. For example, many social check-in
apps don't get their users to always tag these places (and these tags aren't checked for
accuracy) and accordingly many places are of an unknown type.
You'll also have to deal with duplications. When loading data from different sources, the
same place will be in one or more sources but will often have different names or other
details. Remember, there are many ways to write out something as common as an
address. You'll need to decide which source is more accurate, or which fields from which

sources are more likely correct. You'll need to create rules to find the duplicates and then
other rules to process the duplicates. Inevitably, many duplicates will sneak through your
rules and you'll need to decide whether to manually inspect your database and to
manually select which places to merge or delete. Manually inspecting millions of places
can take a bit of time unless you have hundreds of thousands of workers but if you leave
these duplicates in your database, your database will be dirtier and less useful.
3) Verification: The third step is to verify the places. Even if you have no duplicates,
you'll want confirmation that the place still exists. Some of your sources may be many
years old. The place may have closed down long ago. If you're supplying data to local
search apps, you don't want to be sending people to places that no longer exist (I've
unfortunately been recently guided by Google Maps to a place that moved over two years
earlier.) There are really only two ways to know if the place is still there. You ask the
owner, or you ask another local you trust.
4) Maintenance: The fourth and ongoing step is to maintain your database. If you have
millions of places in your database, many thousands will be closing every day. You just
don't know which ones unless you create a system to find them and remove them. You
can't also just count on the place owners to do it. Just because an owner added the place a
month ago doesn't mean that it's still there. It might have closed and the owner may no
longer remember it was added or care enough to remove it. You'll need to create a system
for removing places that were added by their owners or by others and have since closed.
You'll also need a system to update the various place details like phone numbers, hours of
operation, website links, etc. because these details change over time too.
I've seen various articles posted by Techcrunch and others suggesting this unified
database would be created if companies got together and dumped their data into a
common database. These articles don't go into the 'logistics' of the above steps and don't
suggest ways to accomplish each one. In my opinion, there is no utility to having a
massive database of dirty data. I also believe that to solve this problem you must be
completely obsessed and dedicated to it. It's got to be the only thing you do because of
how many issues you'll face.
This challenge of creating a global place database is near and dear to my heart. I'm
working on a project called Locationary that has a patent-pending system for motivating
the public to check on places and update them. We now have an army of locals in over 70
countries who compete against each other to be the first to add new places as soon as they
open, to remove places that close, and to check and validate the place details. Our
mission is to create an open global place database that we can distribute for free for
everyone to commercialize in their apps and websites.
I'm also hoping to rally the tech community behind an open local project so that we can
together solve this local data problem. I really believe that if the online community gets
together, we'll be able to create an accurate, real-time, structured local data feed that we
can build into amazing products and apps. IMHO, we shouldn't be competing with data.
If we do, the data becomes fragmented and we all lose. We should all have the best free

data and be competing with better app features, UI, and customer service. Just my 2c. If
you want to get involved or join forces, please message me!
You can now see Locationary's data online. For example, the data for the US is here:
http://www.locationary.com/place...
Updated 25 Nov, 2010.
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Quora User, CEO, Micello Inc.

3 upvotes by Micello Maps, Robin Allenson, and Shaan Patel.
A big missing piece to create a unified database of places is the indoor data. Shopping
malls or plazas can have anywhere from 25 to 250+ stores across multiple levels.
Typically, the address of each stores is "unit number, shopping mall address" (if it exists).
This isn't very useful (can't derive the lat/long). Plus of course, there are stores on
multiple levels. The address of a store often leads to the nearest cross streets, also very
inaccurate.
[disclosure - my company, micello, is often called "google maps inside a building". We
are making geo-accurate indoor maps of all kinds of places, like shopping malls, airports,
conferences, business campuses etc]
Written 5 Nov, 2010.
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Eugene Osovetsky, WebServius Founder & CTO

There are companies that do exactly this: compile a list of "places" (usually places of
business) from various sources, including mandatory government registrations of the type
you mention. One example of a company that does this is Compass Marketing Solutions they even have an API allowing access to this data, see http://compass.webservius.com
Disclaimer: API technology for Compass is provided by my company.
Updated 20 Apr, 2011.
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