Beginning Database Design- P1 potx

[...]... Relational Database Modeling 1 Chapter 1: Database Modeling Past and Present 3 Grasping the Concept of a Database Understanding a Database Model What Is an Application? The Evolution of Database Modeling File Systems Hierarchical Database Model Network Database Model Relational Database Model Relational Database Management System The History of the Relational Database Model 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 9 11 11 Object Database. .. Relational Database Model 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 9 11 11 Object Database Model Object-Relational Database Model 12 14 Examining the Types of Databases 14 Transactional Databases Decision Support Databases Hybrid Databases Understanding Database Model Design Defining the Objectives Looking at Methods of Database Design Summary Chapter 2: Database Modeling in the Workplace Understanding Business Rules and Objectives What... Hardware Architectures RAID Arrays Standby Databases Replication Grids and Computer Clustering Summary 396 397 397 399 400 401 Glossary 403 Appendix A: Exercise Answers 421 Appendix B: Sample Databases 435 Index xvi 443 Introduction This book focuses on the relational database model from a beginning perspective The title is, therefore, Beginning Database Design A database is a repository for data In other... 174 175 176 178 182 183 183 184 190 191 192 Contents Chapter 8: Building Fast-Performing Database Models The Needs of Different Database Models Factors Affecting OLTP Database Model Tuning Factors Affecting Client-Server Database Model Tuning Factors Affecting Data Warehouse Database Model Tuning Understanding Database Model Tuning Writing Efficient Queries 193 194 194 195 196 197 198 The SELECT Command... a Database Model Table and Relation Level Business Rules Individual Field Business Rules Field Level Business Rules for the OLTP Database Model Field Level Business Rules for the Data warehouse Database Model 355 356 357 358 360 362 363 364 364 364 364 364 364 370 xv Contents Encoding Business Rules Encoding Business Rules for the OLTP Database Model Encoding Business Rules for the Data Warehouse Database. .. store lots of information in a database A relational database is a special type of database using structures called tables Tables are linked together using what are called relationships You can build tables with relationships between those tables, not only to organize your data, but also to allow later retrieval of information from the database The process of relational database model design is the method... Study: Creating Tables The OLTP Database Model The Data Warehouse Database Model Case Study: Enforcing Table Relationships Referential Integrity Primary and Foreign Keys Using Surrogate Keys Identifying versus Non-Identifying Relationships Parent Records without Children Child Records with Optional Parents The OLTP Database Model with Referential Integrity The Data Warehouse Database Model with Referential... Detailed Design 319 Case Study: Refining Field Structure 320 The OLTP Database Model The Data Warehouse Database Model 320 323 Understanding Datatypes Simple Datatypes ANSI (American National Standards Institute) Datatypes Microsoft Access Datatypes Specialized Datatypes Case Study: Defining Datatypes The OLTP Database Model The Data Warehouse Database Model 329 329 330 331 331 332 332 336 Understanding Keys... Indexing 339 342 342 343 The OLTP Database Model The Data Warehouse Database Model Summary Exercises 343 345 352 352 Chapter 12: Business Rules and Field Settings 353 What Are Business Rules Again? Classifying Business Rules in a Database Model 354 355 Normalization, Normal Forms, and Relations Classifying Relationship Types Explicitly Declared Field Settings Storing Code in the Database Stored Procedure Stored... Different Databases The Basics of SQL 103 104 104 104 107 108 111 116 121 122 122 123 124 125 125 126 Querying a Database Using SELECT 127 Basic Queries Filtering with the WHERE Clause Precedence Sorting with the ORDER BY Clause 127 130 132 134 xi Contents Aggregating with the GROUP BY Clause Join Queries Nested Queries Composite Queries Changing Data in a Database Understanding Transactions Changing Database . 7 Hierarchical Database Model 8 Network Database Model 8 Relational Database Model 9 Relational Database Management System 11 The History of the Relational Database Model 11 Object Database Model. Model 12 Object-Relational Database Model 14 Examining the Types of Databases 14 Transactional Databases 15 Decision Support Databases 15 Hybrid Databases 16 Understanding Database Model Design 16 Defining. Relational Database Modeling 1 Chapter 1: Database Modeling Past and Present 3 Grasping the Concept of a Database 4 Understanding a Database Model 5 What Is an Application? 5 The Evolution of Database