Relationships among Access Database Objects

Database Application

Tables Query (View)

Basic Database Objects
SQL: Structured Query Language RDBMS: Relational Data Base Management System DBA: Data Base Administrator DB designer/Data modeler

Form

Report

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Database:
Tables, Columns, Rows, Primary Keys, Foreign Keys and Relationships

Potential relational database for Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

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Multiple (Dual) Perspectives

We use this data

ACME Enterprise

We do these things

CRUD SQL Operations

Insert Update Delete Select Create Update Delete Read

DATA

ACTIVITY

HIRE EMPLOYEE

PAY EMPLOYEE

User Interface

App.
EMPLOYEE PROMOTE EMPLOYEE
...... ...... .... ....

Data

Process

FIRE EMPLOYEE

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Data Model (Entity Relationship Diagram)

Member Order placed by; places is enrolled under; applies to

Member

Agreement

sells; is sold on

generates; generated by

established by; established

Product

is featured in; features

Promotion

sponsors; is sponsored by

Club

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Data Modeling Case Study

The following is description by a pharmacy owner:
"Jack Smith catches a cold and what he suspects is a flu virus. He makes an appointment with his family doctor who confirm his diagnosis. The doctor prescribes an antibiotic and nasal decongestant tablets. Jack leaves the doctor's office and drives to his local drug store. The pharmacist packages the medication and types the labels for pill bottles. The label includes information about customer, the doctor who prescribe the drug, the drug (e.g., Penicillin), when to take it, and how often, the content of the pill (250 mg), the number of refills, expiration date, and the date of purchase."

Please develop a data model for the entities and relationships within the context of pharmacy. Also develop a definition for "prescription". List all your underlying assumptions used in your data models.
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Northwind Database

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A Business Form

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An Informal Example of Normalization

A CUSTOMER ORDER contains the following information:

OrderNo OrderDate CustNo CustAddress CustType Tax Total one or more than one Order-Item which has

ProductNo Description Quantity UnitPrice Subtotal.

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Solution
Unnormalized table
Remove repeating group
(OrderNo, OrderDate, CustNo, CustAddress, CustType, Tax, Total Total, 1{ProductNo, Description, Quantity, UnitPrice,Subtotal}n)

1st NF
Remove partial FD

(OrderNo, ProductNo, Description, Quantity, UnitPrice, Subtotal Subtotal)

2nd NF
Remove transitive FD

(OrderNo, OrderDate, CustNo, CustAddress, CustType, Tax, Total Total)

Subtotal) (OrderNo, ProductNo, Quantity, UnitPrice, Subtotal (ProductNo, Description, UnitPrice)

3rd NF

(OrderNo, OrderDate, CustNo, Tax, Total Total) (CustNo, CustAddress, CustType)

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SQL Select and Query Design in Access

SELECT COURSE.C_ID, COURSE.TITLE, COURSE.FEE FROM COURSE WHERE (((COURSE.FEE)>250 And (COURSE.FEE)<=350)) ORDER BY COURSE.FEE DESC;

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JOIN and Aggregation Function

Show students ID, name, and GPA SELECT STUDENT.S_NO, STUDENT.NAME, Round(Avg(REGISTRATION.GRADE)*100)/100 AS AvgOfGRADE FROM STUDENT INNER JOIN REGISTRATION ON STUDENT.S_NO = REGISTRATION.S_NO GROUP BY STUDENT.S_NO, STUDENT.NAME; Or Format(Avg(REGISTRATION.GRADE), "###.00") AS AvgOfGRADE

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Database(Access) vs. Spreadsheet (Excel)

Features Database Excel

Multi-user concurrent access/update to the data Volume of the data Complex relationships of various data Calculation /formula among various data items Business graph capability Applications development tools

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http://www.oracle.com/tools/jdeveloper/documents/jsptwp/index.html?content.html

Auction Web Site's Data Model

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