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Well designed data base Advantages - ANSWER --less costly
-easy to use
-helps ensure data integrity (consistent & accurate)
-avoid data redundancy
Normalization - ANSWER -process of organizing tables and relationships in a
database
objectives:
-ensure each table has data about specific things
-reduce duplicated or redundant info.
Table Relationships - ANSWER -1:1
1:M
M:M
1:1 - ANSWER -record from a table is associated only with one other record from
diff. table. Ex. Employee-Co. Car; Manager-Laptop
1:M - ANSWER -Most common. Single record from table can be associated with
more than 1 record from the other table. Ex. Customer-Sales order; Vendor-
Inventory
M:M - ANSWER -Record from 1st table can be associated w/multiple records
from the 2nd and vice versa. Requires a linking table. (3 total) Ex. Vendor-
Inventory; Single product can be bought from more than 1 place/vendor
Entity - ANSWER -anything you want to store data about. Each one gets its own
table
Attribute - ANSWER -what info you want to know about entity. Stored in fields
, Database Management Systems (DBMS) - ANSWER -software system used to
create databases. Similar to filing cabinets bc organize info based on set of rules.
Entity Relationship Modeling (ERM) - ANSWER -method used to construct a
theoretical and conceptual representation of data to produce a schema.
Database Schema - ANSWER -map of tables and their relationships
Secure info on a Database - ANSWER -giving certain end users access to data and
others limited access
Relational Database Model - ANSWER -proposed by Edgar F. Codd in 1970
Structured Query Language (SQL) - ANSWER -Most widely used standard
language for relational databases. Allows programmer to manipulate and query
data
SQL Statement - ANSWER -Select-Field
From-Table
Where-
Order-Field Other: Append, Delete, Update
Oracle - ANSWER -most widely used database
Update Anomaly - ANSWER -data shown multiple times and may not be updated
consistently
Insert Anomaly - ANSWER -put partial data in table that is incomplete
Delete Anomaly - ANSWER -deleting info that deletes entire records
Referential Integrity - ANSWER -ensures there won't be an update anomaly
problem w/ foreign key
Append - ANSWER -take data and put it at the end