This document describes the development of an employee management system. It discusses:
1) The programming tools used - Microsoft Access for the database and C# with .NET Framework for the application. Access allows constructing relational databases while C# provides an object-oriented interface.
2) The database design, which includes 6 tables - one main employee table and 5 child tables for additional employee details like work history, time records, and contact information. The tables are related through primary and foreign keys.
3) The development process, which first analyzed user needs, designed the database structure, then constructed the graphical user interface in the application to interact with the database according to its structure.
The document describes the development of an employee management system. It discusses analyzing the data needed for the system and designing relational database tables to store employee information. This includes tables for employee details, work history, time records, salary, contacts, and holidays. The document also covers using C# and Microsoft Access to build the graphical user interface and connect it to the backend database. Functions are implemented to retrieve, add, update and delete employee records from the database.
The document discusses the role of database systems in government sectors and anti-terrorism. It begins by defining databases and database management systems (DBMS), describing their functions and advantages. These include centralized data storage, data consistency, integration and sharing. The document then provides examples of database usage in areas like health, security, education and traffic management. Finally, it proposes ways for the new Syrian government to use databases in counter-terrorism, such as designing databases to store suspect information and using database triggers to detect suspicious activity.
This document provides information about a student details management system (SDMS) software project created by a student. It includes an introduction describing the purpose of automating a student information system. It also includes sections on the objectives, theoretical background of databases, MySQL and Python, problem definition and analysis, and system design including database and code details. The overall aim is to develop a program with a graphical user interface to allow users to view and update student information stored in a centralized database.
The document discusses various process models that can be used in database management systems (DBMSs) to handle concurrent user requests. It describes options for mapping user requests to operating system processes or threads, including single-process models using lightweight threads and multi-process models using operating system threads. The process model choices impact performance, scalability, and portability of the DBMS.
This document provides an overview of database systems and concepts. It covers topics such as the role of databases and database management systems, data models, database design principles, SQL, database performance tuning, distributed databases, and data warehousing. The document is organized into 13 chapters that progress from introductory database topics to more advanced concepts. It includes definitions of key terms, descriptions of different data models and database types, and explanations of the database design process.
Database designers often face conflicting goals such as adherence to design standards, processing speed, and information requirements. Design standards are important for developing logical structures that minimize redundancy. However, high processing speeds and complex information needs may require compromises, such as combining tables to avoid relationships or including derived attributes. The designer must balance these goals to meet customer needs for transactions, queries, and reports.
SHARED CONTEXT FOR IMPROVING COLLABORATION IN DATABASE ADMINISTRATION ijdms
This document discusses improving collaboration in database administration through shared context. It presents two situations where a database administrator (DBA) collaborated with other actors like developers and testers, but communication was challenging due to lack of shared understanding of the context. The paper proposes using a formalism called Contextual Graphs to make contextual elements and actors' viewpoints explicit to support cooperative work. This could help DBAs interact more effectively with other roles during tasks like incident solving and database maintenance.
This document discusses data and database administration. It defines data administration as responsible for overall data management in an organization, while database administration deals with technical issues like performance and security. Key functions of each are outlined, such as policies and planning for data administration or hardware selection for database administration. The document also covers topics like database security threats and features, recovery procedures, and concurrency control techniques.
The document describes the development of an employee management system. It discusses analyzing the data needed for the system and designing relational database tables to store employee information. This includes tables for employee details, work history, time records, salary, contacts, and holidays. The document also covers using C# and Microsoft Access to build the graphical user interface and connect it to the backend database. Functions are implemented to retrieve, add, update and delete employee records from the database.
The document discusses the role of database systems in government sectors and anti-terrorism. It begins by defining databases and database management systems (DBMS), describing their functions and advantages. These include centralized data storage, data consistency, integration and sharing. The document then provides examples of database usage in areas like health, security, education and traffic management. Finally, it proposes ways for the new Syrian government to use databases in counter-terrorism, such as designing databases to store suspect information and using database triggers to detect suspicious activity.
This document provides information about a student details management system (SDMS) software project created by a student. It includes an introduction describing the purpose of automating a student information system. It also includes sections on the objectives, theoretical background of databases, MySQL and Python, problem definition and analysis, and system design including database and code details. The overall aim is to develop a program with a graphical user interface to allow users to view and update student information stored in a centralized database.
The document discusses various process models that can be used in database management systems (DBMSs) to handle concurrent user requests. It describes options for mapping user requests to operating system processes or threads, including single-process models using lightweight threads and multi-process models using operating system threads. The process model choices impact performance, scalability, and portability of the DBMS.
This document provides an overview of database systems and concepts. It covers topics such as the role of databases and database management systems, data models, database design principles, SQL, database performance tuning, distributed databases, and data warehousing. The document is organized into 13 chapters that progress from introductory database topics to more advanced concepts. It includes definitions of key terms, descriptions of different data models and database types, and explanations of the database design process.
Database designers often face conflicting goals such as adherence to design standards, processing speed, and information requirements. Design standards are important for developing logical structures that minimize redundancy. However, high processing speeds and complex information needs may require compromises, such as combining tables to avoid relationships or including derived attributes. The designer must balance these goals to meet customer needs for transactions, queries, and reports.
SHARED CONTEXT FOR IMPROVING COLLABORATION IN DATABASE ADMINISTRATION ijdms
This document discusses improving collaboration in database administration through shared context. It presents two situations where a database administrator (DBA) collaborated with other actors like developers and testers, but communication was challenging due to lack of shared understanding of the context. The paper proposes using a formalism called Contextual Graphs to make contextual elements and actors' viewpoints explicit to support cooperative work. This could help DBAs interact more effectively with other roles during tasks like incident solving and database maintenance.
This document discusses data and database administration. It defines data administration as responsible for overall data management in an organization, while database administration deals with technical issues like performance and security. Key functions of each are outlined, such as policies and planning for data administration or hardware selection for database administration. The document also covers topics like database security threats and features, recovery procedures, and concurrency control techniques.
Database management systems have fundamentally changed how organizations work by providing a centralized repository for storing and accessing crucial information. Early databases used file systems which led to issues like data redundancy, difficulty accessing data, and integrity problems. The database approach emerged as a solution, treating data as a shared resource managed by a database administrator. A database management system provides controlled access to the database for users and application programs.
Data oriented and Process oriented Strategies for Legacy Information Systems ...IDES Editor
The document discusses strategies for reengineering legacy information systems that are data-oriented or process-oriented. It describes traditional data modeling which focuses on entities, attributes, and relationships; and process modeling which depicts workflows and data flows. The document proposes strategies like focusing on one feature at a time, creating interfaces to external systems for automatic data updates, and extending systems to integrate new processes. This pragmatic approach minimizes risk while modernizing legacy systems over time.
This chapter discusses systems analysis and design as a disciplined approach to developing information systems. It describes the roles and responsibilities in systems development, including systems analysts, programmers, and management. It also outlines the skills required for systems analysts and discusses different types of information systems. Finally, it introduces the systems development life cycle as a structured process and some alternative development approaches.
The document provides an overview of database systems, including:
1) Database systems store and manage large amounts of related data and provide efficient access to that data. They solve problems with traditional file-based data storage like redundancy, data integrity, and concurrent access.
2) Databases are made up of structured data models like the relational model and object-oriented models. They include languages for defining, manipulating, and querying data.
3) Database management systems provide storage, query processing, transaction management, and an abstraction of the data through multiple levels including physical, logical and view levels.
Centralized systems run on a single computer system and do not interact with other systems. Client-server systems divide database functionality between a back-end that manages data and a front-end for user interaction. Parallel and distributed systems use multiple interconnected computers to improve performance and availability.
Library Management System using oracle databaseSaikot Roy
This document describes a library management system project created by Saikot Roy. The project uses PL/SQL and Oracle Database and allows users to add new members and books, update information, search for books and members, and borrow and return books. The system analysis discusses improving on the existing manual system by creating an automated library management system with a user-friendly interface, fast database access, and search and report generation capabilities. An analysis found the proposed system to be technically and economically feasible to implement.
-This lecture about the Details explanation about the Database Development life Cycle. This lecture show about the Software development Cycle in term of DB. This lecture Explain the architecture of the Database. This lecture explain about the Three-Level ANSI-SPARC Architecture.
Role of Database Management in Information SystemswaQas ilYas
The document discusses the role of database management systems in information systems. It defines a DBMS as software that allows computers to perform database functions like storing, retrieving, adding, deleting and modifying data. It notes that a DBMS serves as an intermediary between users and databases, and provides benefits like improved data sharing, security, integration, access and decision making. It also includes a SWOT analysis of DBMS.
This document compares single-user and multi-user database management systems (DBMS). A single-user DBMS only allows one user to access the database at a time, while a multi-user DBMS allows simultaneous access from multiple users. Multi-user DBMSs require more complex structures and infrastructure like servers and networks to manage shared access, but allow for optimized resource usage and up-to-date information for all users. Key differences include access restrictions, database complexity, ease of switching projects, potential for deadlocks, and infrastructure costs.
This document introduces database systems and their advantages over manual and computerized file systems. It defines a database as a collection of related data and metadata stored electronically and accessed via a database management system (DBMS). The DBMS handles data storage, retrieval and security on behalf of multiple users and programs, reducing data redundancy and improving integrity. Key topics covered include the evolution of data management approaches and the functions, advantages and disadvantages of database systems.
This document summarizes the design of a computer system for a new information systems organization. The organization provides web-based marketing, sales, and customer service for an industrial consulting firm. A triangulation research method was used, including interviews and quantitative analysis. The system analysis defined the strategic goals of customer relationship management and supply chain management. The design includes multiple server processors connected via a shared memory facility to allow transparency and fault tolerance. Hardware, software, network components and peripherals were selected to meet capacity requirements identified in the analysis. A simulation was used to validate the system could perform efficiently enough to meet the organization's needs. The designed system aims to provide necessary functions and support the information systems organization.
Characteristics and Advantages of Database Management SystemCharthaGaglani
The document discusses the characteristics of database approaches and advantages of using database management systems (DBMS). It describes key characteristics like self-describing nature, support for multiple views, sharing of data, and persistence of data. The main advantages highlighted are improved data sharing, security, integration, consistency, and access. This leads to better decision making and increased user productivity. Some disadvantages discussed are increased costs, management complexity, need to maintain currency, and frequent upgrade cycles.
This document discusses database design and the database lifecycle (DBLC). It explains that the DBLC involves 6 phases: initial study, design, implementation, testing, operation, and maintenance. The design phase is most critical and involves conceptual, logical, and physical design. Conceptual design uses entity relationship modeling and normalization. Logical design maps the conceptual model to the chosen DBMS. Physical design selects storage structures. The document also discusses top-down vs bottom-up design and centralized vs decentralized design approaches.
The document discusses database management systems (DBMS). It defines a DBMS as system software that allows users to create, manage, and access databases. A DBMS provides a systematic way for end users to create, read, update, and delete data in a database. It also serves as an interface between databases and users or application programs, ensuring data is organized and accessible. The document outlines some key components of a DBMS, including users, data, DBMS software, and database applications. It also describes several advantages of using a DBMS, such as improved data mapping and access, reduced data redundancy, data independence and consistency, and enhanced security features.
This document discusses database design and the systems development life cycle (SDLC). It explains that the SDLC traces the history of an information system through planning, analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance phases. Within the information system, the database life cycle (DBLC) describes the history of the database through initial study, design, implementation, testing, operation, and maintenance/evolution phases. The chapter also covers conceptual database design strategies like top-down vs. bottom-up and centralized vs. decentralized design.
Cognitive Approach Towards the Maintenance of Web-Sites Through Quality Evalu...Waqas Tariq
It is a well established fact that the Web-Applications require frequent maintenance because of cutting– edge business competitions. The authors have worked on quality evaluation of web-site of Indian ecommerce domain. As a result of that work they have made a quality-wise ranking of these sites. According to their work and also the survey done by various other groups Futurebazaar web-site is considered to be one of the best Indian e-shopping sites. In this research paper the authors are assessing the maintenance of the same site by incorporating the problems incurred during this evaluation. This exercise gives a real world maintainability problem of web-sites. This work will give a clear picture of all the quality metrics which are directly or indirectly related with the maintainability of the web-site.
The document categorizes information systems as either operations support systems or management support systems. Operations support systems process transactional data to support daily business operations, including transaction processing systems, process control systems, and office automation systems. Management support systems provide information and decision support, including management information systems, decision support systems, executive support systems, and enterprise systems which integrate business functions across an organization.
This document discusses organizing data and information in databases. It covers database concepts like data entities, attributes, keys and the hierarchy of data. The advantages of the database approach are outlined, which include consistent data definitions, centralized data administration, data independence and data sharing. Popular database management systems allow users to define, construct and maintain database for storage, retrieval and use of data.
DBMS Architectures and Features - Lecture 7 - Introduction to Databases (1007...Beat Signer
The document discusses database management system (DBMS) architectures and components. It describes the main components of a DBMS, including the DML preprocessor, query compiler, DDL compiler, and catalog manager. It then outlines several common DBMS architectures such as teleprocessing, file-server, two-tier client-server, and three-tier client-server architectures. The three-tier architecture separates the presentation, application, and data tiers for increased scalability and flexibility.
Bsc cs ii-dbms- u-ii-database system concepts and architectureRai University
This document discusses database system concepts and architecture. It describes data models, schemas and instances. It explains the three-schema architecture which defines schemas at the internal, conceptual and external levels. It also discusses database languages and interfaces used to define schemas and manipulate data. The document outlines the typical components of a database management system and compares centralized and client/server architectures.
The document provides an overview of the proposed press management system project. It discusses the existing manual system and its limitations including lack of immediate information storage and retrieval. The proposed system aims to address these limitations through a computerized system. It describes the scope of the project, system requirements, conceptual and detailed designs including modules for authors, customers, books, dealers, subscriptions and issues. Data flow diagrams are also discussed to model the flow of information through the system's processes.
This document discusses the system design process for a budget control management system. It covers analyzing requirements, designing goals such as usability, compatibility, and security. Database design including normalization is explained. The entity relationship diagram and normalization process are defined. Form and report design, testing procedures including unit, integration and system testing are outlined. Documentation of the system is also discussed.
Database management systems have fundamentally changed how organizations work by providing a centralized repository for storing and accessing crucial information. Early databases used file systems which led to issues like data redundancy, difficulty accessing data, and integrity problems. The database approach emerged as a solution, treating data as a shared resource managed by a database administrator. A database management system provides controlled access to the database for users and application programs.
Data oriented and Process oriented Strategies for Legacy Information Systems ...IDES Editor
The document discusses strategies for reengineering legacy information systems that are data-oriented or process-oriented. It describes traditional data modeling which focuses on entities, attributes, and relationships; and process modeling which depicts workflows and data flows. The document proposes strategies like focusing on one feature at a time, creating interfaces to external systems for automatic data updates, and extending systems to integrate new processes. This pragmatic approach minimizes risk while modernizing legacy systems over time.
This chapter discusses systems analysis and design as a disciplined approach to developing information systems. It describes the roles and responsibilities in systems development, including systems analysts, programmers, and management. It also outlines the skills required for systems analysts and discusses different types of information systems. Finally, it introduces the systems development life cycle as a structured process and some alternative development approaches.
The document provides an overview of database systems, including:
1) Database systems store and manage large amounts of related data and provide efficient access to that data. They solve problems with traditional file-based data storage like redundancy, data integrity, and concurrent access.
2) Databases are made up of structured data models like the relational model and object-oriented models. They include languages for defining, manipulating, and querying data.
3) Database management systems provide storage, query processing, transaction management, and an abstraction of the data through multiple levels including physical, logical and view levels.
Centralized systems run on a single computer system and do not interact with other systems. Client-server systems divide database functionality between a back-end that manages data and a front-end for user interaction. Parallel and distributed systems use multiple interconnected computers to improve performance and availability.
Library Management System using oracle databaseSaikot Roy
This document describes a library management system project created by Saikot Roy. The project uses PL/SQL and Oracle Database and allows users to add new members and books, update information, search for books and members, and borrow and return books. The system analysis discusses improving on the existing manual system by creating an automated library management system with a user-friendly interface, fast database access, and search and report generation capabilities. An analysis found the proposed system to be technically and economically feasible to implement.
-This lecture about the Details explanation about the Database Development life Cycle. This lecture show about the Software development Cycle in term of DB. This lecture Explain the architecture of the Database. This lecture explain about the Three-Level ANSI-SPARC Architecture.
Role of Database Management in Information SystemswaQas ilYas
The document discusses the role of database management systems in information systems. It defines a DBMS as software that allows computers to perform database functions like storing, retrieving, adding, deleting and modifying data. It notes that a DBMS serves as an intermediary between users and databases, and provides benefits like improved data sharing, security, integration, access and decision making. It also includes a SWOT analysis of DBMS.
This document compares single-user and multi-user database management systems (DBMS). A single-user DBMS only allows one user to access the database at a time, while a multi-user DBMS allows simultaneous access from multiple users. Multi-user DBMSs require more complex structures and infrastructure like servers and networks to manage shared access, but allow for optimized resource usage and up-to-date information for all users. Key differences include access restrictions, database complexity, ease of switching projects, potential for deadlocks, and infrastructure costs.
This document introduces database systems and their advantages over manual and computerized file systems. It defines a database as a collection of related data and metadata stored electronically and accessed via a database management system (DBMS). The DBMS handles data storage, retrieval and security on behalf of multiple users and programs, reducing data redundancy and improving integrity. Key topics covered include the evolution of data management approaches and the functions, advantages and disadvantages of database systems.
This document summarizes the design of a computer system for a new information systems organization. The organization provides web-based marketing, sales, and customer service for an industrial consulting firm. A triangulation research method was used, including interviews and quantitative analysis. The system analysis defined the strategic goals of customer relationship management and supply chain management. The design includes multiple server processors connected via a shared memory facility to allow transparency and fault tolerance. Hardware, software, network components and peripherals were selected to meet capacity requirements identified in the analysis. A simulation was used to validate the system could perform efficiently enough to meet the organization's needs. The designed system aims to provide necessary functions and support the information systems organization.
Characteristics and Advantages of Database Management SystemCharthaGaglani
The document discusses the characteristics of database approaches and advantages of using database management systems (DBMS). It describes key characteristics like self-describing nature, support for multiple views, sharing of data, and persistence of data. The main advantages highlighted are improved data sharing, security, integration, consistency, and access. This leads to better decision making and increased user productivity. Some disadvantages discussed are increased costs, management complexity, need to maintain currency, and frequent upgrade cycles.
This document discusses database design and the database lifecycle (DBLC). It explains that the DBLC involves 6 phases: initial study, design, implementation, testing, operation, and maintenance. The design phase is most critical and involves conceptual, logical, and physical design. Conceptual design uses entity relationship modeling and normalization. Logical design maps the conceptual model to the chosen DBMS. Physical design selects storage structures. The document also discusses top-down vs bottom-up design and centralized vs decentralized design approaches.
The document discusses database management systems (DBMS). It defines a DBMS as system software that allows users to create, manage, and access databases. A DBMS provides a systematic way for end users to create, read, update, and delete data in a database. It also serves as an interface between databases and users or application programs, ensuring data is organized and accessible. The document outlines some key components of a DBMS, including users, data, DBMS software, and database applications. It also describes several advantages of using a DBMS, such as improved data mapping and access, reduced data redundancy, data independence and consistency, and enhanced security features.
This document discusses database design and the systems development life cycle (SDLC). It explains that the SDLC traces the history of an information system through planning, analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance phases. Within the information system, the database life cycle (DBLC) describes the history of the database through initial study, design, implementation, testing, operation, and maintenance/evolution phases. The chapter also covers conceptual database design strategies like top-down vs. bottom-up and centralized vs. decentralized design.
Cognitive Approach Towards the Maintenance of Web-Sites Through Quality Evalu...Waqas Tariq
It is a well established fact that the Web-Applications require frequent maintenance because of cutting– edge business competitions. The authors have worked on quality evaluation of web-site of Indian ecommerce domain. As a result of that work they have made a quality-wise ranking of these sites. According to their work and also the survey done by various other groups Futurebazaar web-site is considered to be one of the best Indian e-shopping sites. In this research paper the authors are assessing the maintenance of the same site by incorporating the problems incurred during this evaluation. This exercise gives a real world maintainability problem of web-sites. This work will give a clear picture of all the quality metrics which are directly or indirectly related with the maintainability of the web-site.
The document categorizes information systems as either operations support systems or management support systems. Operations support systems process transactional data to support daily business operations, including transaction processing systems, process control systems, and office automation systems. Management support systems provide information and decision support, including management information systems, decision support systems, executive support systems, and enterprise systems which integrate business functions across an organization.
This document discusses organizing data and information in databases. It covers database concepts like data entities, attributes, keys and the hierarchy of data. The advantages of the database approach are outlined, which include consistent data definitions, centralized data administration, data independence and data sharing. Popular database management systems allow users to define, construct and maintain database for storage, retrieval and use of data.
DBMS Architectures and Features - Lecture 7 - Introduction to Databases (1007...Beat Signer
The document discusses database management system (DBMS) architectures and components. It describes the main components of a DBMS, including the DML preprocessor, query compiler, DDL compiler, and catalog manager. It then outlines several common DBMS architectures such as teleprocessing, file-server, two-tier client-server, and three-tier client-server architectures. The three-tier architecture separates the presentation, application, and data tiers for increased scalability and flexibility.
Bsc cs ii-dbms- u-ii-database system concepts and architectureRai University
This document discusses database system concepts and architecture. It describes data models, schemas and instances. It explains the three-schema architecture which defines schemas at the internal, conceptual and external levels. It also discusses database languages and interfaces used to define schemas and manipulate data. The document outlines the typical components of a database management system and compares centralized and client/server architectures.
The document provides an overview of the proposed press management system project. It discusses the existing manual system and its limitations including lack of immediate information storage and retrieval. The proposed system aims to address these limitations through a computerized system. It describes the scope of the project, system requirements, conceptual and detailed designs including modules for authors, customers, books, dealers, subscriptions and issues. Data flow diagrams are also discussed to model the flow of information through the system's processes.
This document discusses the system design process for a budget control management system. It covers analyzing requirements, designing goals such as usability, compatibility, and security. Database design including normalization is explained. The entity relationship diagram and normalization process are defined. Form and report design, testing procedures including unit, integration and system testing are outlined. Documentation of the system is also discussed.
It is especially designed to automate and streamline IT services, help desk and customer support processes. Its also provides an integrated knowledge base with built-in customizable search feature for instant business intelligence features such as alerts, reports and emails.
College information management system.docKamal Acharya
This project is aimed at developing a College Management Information System (CMIS) that is of importance to either an educational institution or a college. It is difficult to prepare the manual work to store the information about the all students, teachers as well as about workers. This system can be used as a knowledge/information management system for the college. So this project helps to store those type of information using computerized system.
The document discusses the design phase of the system development life cycle. It describes the objectives and steps of the design phase, which include presenting design alternatives, converting logical models to physical models, designing the system architecture, making hardware and software selections, and designing inputs, outputs, data storage, and programs. Common design strategies like custom development, packaged systems, and outsourcing are also covered. The document then explains various system design methods and the stages of system design, including logical, physical, and program design. Finally, it discusses avoiding common design mistakes.
This document provides an outline for the development of a public voice system. It discusses analyzing the existing system, proposing improvements, and planning the design and implementation of the new system. Key sections include analyzing requirements and constraints, creating data flow diagrams and entity relationship diagrams to model the system, planning the database and interface design, and testing and deploying the new system. The goal is to develop a practical public voice system that empowers users to view proposals and provide feedback.
This document discusses the use of computer-aided tools in information systems development. It begins by discussing how the focus of systems development has shifted from just getting systems to work to maintenance and improvements. It then examines various computer-aided tools available and reasons for their limited usage, such as lack of knowledge, accessibility issues, and status concerns. The document proposes a software support system to provide a framework of tools for systems development, operation, and maintenance. It outlines desired characteristics and capabilities of such a system.
This document discusses various techniques used in software project management including CRUD matrices, Gantt charts, PERT charts, feasibility analysis, and cost-benefit analysis. A CRUD matrix identifies the database tables involved in create, read, update, and delete operations for different user scenarios of a website. Gantt charts show project activities and timelines while PERT charts illustrate task dependencies in a project. Feasibility analysis evaluates the technical, economic, operational, and legal viability of a project. Cost-benefit analysis compares monetary costs and benefits to determine if a project's benefits outweigh its costs. These techniques help software project managers effectively plan, schedule, and control development projects.
The document provides an overview of a college website management system. It discusses the purpose and scope of the system, which is to automate college operations and provide services to members. It outlines the key functionality including online membership, tracking admissions and activities. The objectives are to make information retrieval and maintenance easy while adopting security measures. The proposed system would use ASP.NET for the front-end and be suitable for any education institute.
Here are the key points about the application and utility of database management systems based on the article:
- Database management systems allow for efficient storage, organization and retrieval of large amounts of data. They help businesses and organizations manage their data in a centralized and structured manner.
- Teaching accounting information systems (AIS) courses effectively requires hands-on experience with database software like Microsoft Access. Simply lecturing from textbooks is not sufficient in today's environment.
- Incorporating database software into the AIS curriculum gives students practical experience building and working with databases. This helps demonstrate real-world applications of concepts like database design, queries, forms and reports.
- Hands-on learning with databases helps reinforce topics covered in A
The document provides a report on proposing a decentralized information accountability framework to track how user data is used in the cloud. It analyzes existing cloud service models and outlines the objectives, scope, system analysis, design and feasibility of the proposed framework. The system analysis section describes challenges with current single-server systems and outlines modules for data integrity, security, and distributed storage across multiple servers. A feasibility study examines the technical, social, and economic viability of the project. The system design section provides diagrams to model the data flow, entity relationships, system workflows and use cases of the proposed accountability framework.
The document discusses analyzing systems using data flow diagrams (DFDs). It explains that DFDs are a key method for analyzing data-oriented systems by graphically representing how data moves through an organization. The data flow approach has advantages over narrative explanations, including freedom from early technical commitments and better communication with users. Physical DFDs show how a system will be implemented and include details like manual vs automated processes. Structured analysis techniques are used to model system processes and document data flows and stores.
The document provides an overview of a hospital management system project. It describes the existing manual system and its limitations. The proposed computerized system aims to overcome these limitations by providing features such as unique patient IDs, search capabilities, and automated billing. The system will use Visual Basic 6.0 for the front end, MS Access as the back end database, and be installed on PCs meeting the specified hardware requirements. It will allow secure, fast, and efficient management of hospital operations and data.
This document contains information about a student project on a quiz application, including:
- The student's name and address along with the front-end and back-end tools used.
- An acknowledgement section thanking the teacher and principal for their support.
- An introduction describing the purpose of developing a software system to automate quiz functionalities.
- Details about the database design including tables to store questions, answers and student results.
- Description of the menu design and input/output forms with event coding to allow students to take tests and view results.
The document provides details about a Canteen Management System project, including its objectives, scope, and design considerations. The key points are:
1. The project aims to develop a computerized system to manage canteen activities like recording user details and transactions in order to simplify tasks, reduce paperwork, and provide reports.
2. The system design focuses on making the interface user-friendly, automating processes, improving accuracy, and making data easily available.
3. Input, output, file, and procedure designs are discussed to optimize data entry and processing while minimizing errors and delays. Database design and testing plans are also covered.
Application Of A New Database Management SystemPamela Wright
The document discusses selecting a new database management system. It recommends determining if the vendor offers auditing, reporting and data management tools, and ensuring the software provides application level security and interfaces with corporate access granting procedures. Authentication should use secure protocols like SSL, and data encryption is also important. Application security gateways can understand applications, track user access, and perform deep packet inspection to determine access attempts. Organizational policies should be documented and reports automatically generated covering topics like compliance, risk assessment and investigating exceptions. All database requests should be logged and a full audit trail extractable, containing information like who accessed what data and from where.
Project Documentation Student Management System format.pptxAjayPatre1
This document outlines a proposed student management system. It describes the existing manual system and its drawbacks. The proposed system would allow teachers to easily add, search for, and sort student details electronically. It covers system analysis, feasibility study, input/output design, testing procedures, future enhancements, and software and hardware requirements for the new computerized student management system.
The document discusses the system development life cycle (SDLC), which includes various phases for developing and maintaining systems. The key phases are: system investigation, feasibility study, system analysis, system design, coding, testing, implementation, and maintenance. The feasibility study phase evaluates the technical, operational, economic, motivational, and schedule feasibility of a proposed system. The system analysis phase involves studying user requirements and the current system. System design then specifies how the new system will meet requirements through elements like data design, user interface design, and process design. This produces specifications for the system.
The document discusses software development life cycle (SDLC) and the various steps involved including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, and maintenance. It also discusses different types of errors that can occur during software development such as unexpected input values and changes that affect software operations. It then discusses the input-process-output (IPO) cycle and how it relates to batch processing systems and online processing systems. For batch systems, the input data is collected in batches and processed as batches, with no user interaction during processing. For online systems, the user can interact with the system as transactions are processed immediately.
The document discusses the development of a student database information system using .NET framework and C# coding language. It describes the objectives of managing student data like admissions, fees, results, and subjects. Tools used include ASP.NET for web interfaces, SQL Server 2008 for the database, and master pages for layout consistency across pages. The system provides a way to efficiently store and retrieve student information.
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Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) helps to overcome various difficulties in future technology wireless communications. NOMA, when utilized with millimeter wave multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, channel estimation becomes extremely difficult. For reaping the benefits of the NOMA and mm-Wave combination, effective channel estimation is required. In this paper, we propose an enhanced particle swarm optimization based long short-term memory estimator network (PSOLSTMEstNet), which is a neural network model that can be employed to forecast the bandwidth required in the mm-Wave MIMO network. The prime advantage of the LSTM is that it has the capability of dynamically adapting to the functioning pattern of fluctuating channel state. The LSTM stage with adaptive coding and modulation enhances the BER.PSO algorithm is employed to optimize input weights of LSTM network. The modified algorithm splits the power by channel condition of every single user. Participants will be first sorted into distinct groups depending upon respective channel conditions, using a hybrid beamforming approach. The network characteristics are fine-estimated using PSO-LSTMEstNet after a rough approximation of channels parameters derived from the received data.
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Reports from MSI - Rapporter från MSI
Employee Management System
Kancho Dimitrov Kanchev
Dec
2006
MSI Report 06170
Växjö University ISSN 1650-2647
SE-351 95 VÄXJÖ ISRN VXU/MSI/DA/E/--06170/--SE
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Abstract
This report includes a development presentation of an information system for managing
the staff data within a small company or organization. The system as such as it has been
developed is called Employee Management System. It consists of functionally related
GUI (application program) and database.
The choice of the programming tools is individual and particular.
Keywords
Information system, Database system, DBMS, parent table, child table, table fields,
primary key, foreign key, relationship, sql queries, objects, classes, controls.
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Contents
1. Introduction…………………………………………………………4
1.1 Background……………………………………………………....................4
1.2 Problem statement ...…………………………………………………….....5
1.3 Problem discussion………………………………………………………....5
1.4 Report Overview…………………………………………………………...5
2. Problem’s solution……………………………………………….....6
2.1 Method...…………………………………………………………………...6
2.2 Programming environments………………………………………………..7
2.3 Database analyzing, design and implementation…………………………10
2.4 Program’s structure analyzing and GUI constructing…………………….12
2.5 Database connections and code implementation………………………….14
2.5.1 Retrieving data from the database………………………………....19
2.5.2 Saving data into the database……………………………………...22
2.5.3 Updating records into the database………………………………..24
2.5.4 Deleting data from the database…………………………………...26
3. Conclusion………………………………………………………....27
4. References………………………………………………………...28
Appendix A: Programming environments and database content….29
Appendix B: Program’s structure and code Implementation……...35
Appendix C: Test Performance…………………………………....56
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1. Introduction
This chapter gives a brief theoretical preview upon the database information systems
and goes through the essence of the problem that should be resolved.
1.1 Background
Most of the contemporary Information systems are based on the Database technology
as a collection of logically related data, and DBMS as a software system allowing the
users to define, create, maintain and control access to the database.
The process of constructing such kind of systems is not so simple. It involves a
mutual development of application program and database. The application program is
actually the bridge between the users and the database, where the data is stored. Thus,
the well-developed application program and database are very important for the
reliability, flexibility and functionality of the system.
The so defined systems differentiate to each other and their development comprises
a great variety of tasks to be resolved and implemented.
The basic idea can be depicted on Figure 1.1 below:
Information System
Database System
Figure 1.1 Database information systems - principle scheme
Information system suggests a computer technology to be used in order to provide
information to users in an organization (for instance), as for the purposes of data
transformation into useful information; computer hardware and software are designed
and used [2].
A particular case is the Human Resources Information System development. This
kind of systems are responsible for storing data of the staff within an organization and
generating reports upon request.
Dbase Queries
Application
Program
DatabaseDBMS
Retrieve
Insert
Update
Delete
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R
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Such kind of system could be integrated with other Information systems or modules:
Accounting Information System (AIS) – designed to transform financial data into
information, or Management Information System (MIS) that provides decision-oriented
information to managers, and so on…
“Organizations depend on Information Systems in order to stay competitive.
Productivity, which is crucial to staying competitive, can be increased through better
Information Systems.” [2].
1.2 Problem Statement
This report’s documentation goes through the whole process of both application
program and database development. It also comprises the development tools have been
utilized for these purposes.
1.3 Problem Discussion
This system should consist of an application program, on one hand, and a database
(repository of data) on the other. The program should perform the basic operations
upon the database as retrieving, inserting, updating and deleting data. Any additional
functionality is a goal of a further module development.
It is a kind of strategy to start the development from designing and constructing the
database, as this structure will determine the further structure of the application
program.
The logical database model (tables, their content and the relationships between
them) should respond to the given task and cover the basic requirements.
The Interface of the program should be user-friendly, and the program should be as
easy for use as it is possible.
Both controls and forms should logically and functionally be related within the
program and fully respond to the structure of the database.
Another problem is establishing the connections with the database, every time, when
a query is needed to be performed upon it. Exception-handling should also be taken into
an account during the system’s development due to eventual exceptions that may occur.
1.4 Report Overview
The next chapter and its subsections will turn the attention to the method for resolving
the problem, the programming environments used for developing the system and the
implementation of the operations performed upon the database.
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2. Problem’s Solution
This chapter involves some subsections that concern the basic scheme of resolving the
given task and comprise both the methods and tools of its development as well.
2.1 Method
At the very commencement, I proceeded to a decision to carry out the development of
my task into the following steps:
1. Exploring the available development environments and techniques.
2. Database Analyzing.
3. Database design and Implementation.
4. Program’s Structure Analyzing.
5. GUI (Graphical User Interface) constructing.
6. Bringing all the stuff together (controls data binding and functions
implementation).
7. Tests.
Each one of these steps could be explained in some brief details as follows:
1. Exploring the available development environments and techniques
There is a lot of programming environments available to be used for such kind of
elaborations. The point is to choose such an environment that we will be able to operate
with in a convenient and easy way. This is more or less optional and individual process,
that depends on the developer’s experience as well.
2. Database Analyzing
It concerns all of the demands, put upon the database content and its functionality.
The database should be designed and implemented in a way that the user would expect
it to be.
3. Database design and Implementation
This step is tightly related with the previous one as it is completely determined by
the requirements, analyzed and discussed in step2.
4. Program’s Structure Analyzing
The application program as an interface between the users and the database should
be an accurate “reflection” of the database on the screen; hence a well analyzed and
defined structure is needed.
5. GUI Constructing
After analyzing the program’s structure and defining what it should consist of, a
graphical representation of this stuff is needed in order to enable the user to interact
with the data.
6. Bringing all the stuff together
The next step that should be taken is connecting the program with the database and
performing the necessary functionality upon all of the controls.
7. Tests
To ensure that everything works properly and as it has been expected, test
performance has to be done upon the system’s functionality.
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2.2 Programming Environments
The given task concerns a small company (organization). For instance, for the needs of
a small company, we could use one set of tools, but for the needs of a larger one, it
would be much better if we apply our approach by using some different, that could be
more appropriate and would fit much better the requirements we have to satisfy.
I decided to use the Access Database Environment as a Database Management
System and C# as a programming language for developing my project.
Before proceeding to the explanatory notes of how I have developed the software, I
would like to take a preview upon the programming tools (environments) that have
been used during this project’s development course.
• Database Environment: Access is a typical environment for constructing
relational databases.
The database is the skeleton and the underlying framework of most of the
contemporary Information Systems. The evolution of the Database systems could be
divided into three phases: the Manual-filing System, the File-based systems, and the
Database and the Database Management systems (DBMS).
o The manual-filing system contains files of information, related to a
project, product, task, client, or employee and they are usually labeled
and stored in one or more cabinets. The cabinets may be located in the
secure area of the building, for safety. To facilitate the process of
searching and to find out what we want, more quickly, the different
types of item can be put in separate folders and they remain logically
related.
Actually, the needs of the contemporary industrial world could not be
covered or satisfied by using such kind of systems, and especially what
concerns their reliability and efficiency.
o Thus, we historically reach to the second phase of the Database
systems evolution – the File-based systems. This kind of systems had
been developed in response to the needs and demands of industry for a
more efficient data access [1]. The basic idea into the development of
this type of systems, is that each Department in an organization (for
instance) has an access to its own data (files) through application
programs. (Figure 2.1):
Figure 2.1 File-based information system
FILE HANDLING
ROUTINES
DATA
ENTRY AND
REPORTS FILE DEFINITION
FILE HANDLING
ROUTINES
DATA
ENTRY AND
REPORTS FILE DEFINITION
SALES
FILES
CONTR
ACTS
FILES
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There are some limitations of the File-based systems:
- Data Duplication: It is undesirable as it costs time and
money, and takes additional storage space.
- Dependency of Data: That’s a kind of inconvenience as
the physical structure and storage of the data files and
records are defined in the application code.
- Data Isolation: It is some difficult to access data, isolated
in separate files.
- Incompatibility of the file formats: It concerns the file
structure as a dependent on the programming language,
in which one the application program has been
developed and implemented, as the file’s structure is
embedded in the application program.
o After taking a new and more effective approach, the Database
and the Database Management System (DBMS) have been
created. Most of the contemporary systems are based on the
Database technology as a collection of logically related data and
the DBMS as a software system allowing the users to define,
create, maintain and control access to the Database.
The DBMS is a really powerful set of tools, enabling users to operate easily with
data into a database as: Inserting, Updating, Deleting and Retrieving data. It prevents
unauthorized access to the database and maintains the consistency of the stored data.
The DBMS also restores the data in case of hardware or software failure and reduces
the loss of data in this way.
MS-Access 2000 (Microsoft Access 2000) is a contemporary development
environment for dealing with databases:
Access is a computerized management system with relational database. The whole
information is stored in separate tables in one file. Such an information arrangement is
more or less convenient as we can view, add and delete information using online forms,
and search or retrieve by using queries.
The term “Database” comprises collection of objects (tables, forms, pages, queries,
macros) for manipulating, retrieving and storing data.
It is a very good advantage that the information (data) can be populated in different
tables (related to each other) and it is not necessary to store all data into one table. That
leads to a less redundancy of data and reduces the required disk storage space, and
speeds up processing as well. There are three relationships between the tables in a
database: (one-to-many), (one-to-one) and (many-to-many).
One of the mostly used relationships is the (one-to-many) type. If we have a main
table (so called Parent table) and some other obedient tables (so called Child tables),
then let us assume that the relationship between the parent table and the child tables is
of type (one-to-many). It means that every single record from the parent table could
have several records into each one of its related child tables. The tables are related by
their key-values. The key into the parent table is called primary key, and the keys into
its child tables are called foreign keys. The primary and the foreign key have the same
unique value.
These conclusions are based on a theory in [3].
The main window-frame of MS-Access can be seen on Figure 1 (Appendix A).
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C# and the .Net Framework: For the purposes of my project I chose to work with
Visual Studio of Microsoft, in particular with the C# as a programming language. My
choice is based on the reliable programming environment offered by C# and the highly
cleared syntax of this programming language as well. C# is a good proof for a highly
developed modern technology based on the contemporary object-oriented theory in
programming and lying on a very powerful, reliable and flexible platform as such as it
is the .Net Framework.
The main window of the Visual Studio and the .Net Framework basic architecture
could be seen on Figure 2: Visual Studio main window and Figure 3: Basic architecture
of .Net Framework – Appendix A, [4]:
Based on [4] we can say that the .Net Framework is a development of Microsoft
Corporation. In fact, a lot of efforts, time and investments have been spent on this
research and development.
As a class library, .Net Framework allows “cross-language” development and can be
used by any .Net language to perform different kind of tasks. There are approximately
40 languages with compilers for the .Net Framework, but only some of them are
supported by Microsoft Corporation: C#, Visual Basic .Net, C++/CLI, J#, Jscript .Net,
Eiffel, and some more.
“. Net has several designed intentions:
- Interoperability for existing code in COM libraries.
- Common Runtime Engine: languages compiled to an intermediate
language, Common Intermediate Language.
- Language Independence: using a Common Type System that defines all
possible data-type and programming concepts supported by the CLR
(Common Language Runtime).
- Base Class Library: also known, as the Foundation Class Library is a l
library of types available to all languages using .Net.
- Simplified Installation: for the Windows Platform, due to eliminating
registry setting and dll-problems.
- Security: by letting code execute in different trust levels.” [4].
The language of choice – C# as an object-oriented programming language, has a
procedural, object-oriented syntax based on C++. It includes some aspects and features
of other programming languages as: Java, Visual Basic and Delphi.
The developers of C# have emphasized on the language simplification as: fewer
symbolic and decorative requirements.
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2.3 Database Analyzing, design and implementation
The database for the system should include information of company’s staff,
respectively of its employees. The data is subdivided into the following groups:
Employees’ Basic
Details
Working History Time_Information
Employee_ID_Number
Personal_ID_Number
First_Name
Middle_Name
Last_Name
Day_of_Birth
Month_of_Birth
Year_of_Birth
Cellular_Phone
Home_Phone
City
Address
Postal_Code
Qualification
Current_Experience
Start_Date_Day
Start_Date_Month
Start_Date_Year
End_Date_Day
End_Date_Month
End_Date_Year
Type_of_Employee
Gender
Marital_Status
Employee_ID_Number
Company_Name
Employer_Name
Company_Employer_Address
Company_Employer_Cellular_Phone
Company_Employer_Office_Phone
Previous_Qualification
Previous_Experience
p_Start_Date_Day
p_Start_Date_Month
p_Start_Date_Year
p_End_Date_Day
p_End_Date_Month
p_End_Date_Year
Employee_ID_Number
Wroked_Hours
Off_Hours
Days_off
Over_Time
Extra_Days
w_From_Date_Day
w_From_Date_Month
w_From_Date_Year
w_To_Date_Day
w_To_Date_Month
w_To_Date_Year
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I have constructed a database that consists of six data tables. There will be one main
table (parent table) and five child tables, related to each other. Patently, for this purpose
the necessary primary and foreign keys should be defined into the responding tables.
The so defined structure above is made up in conformity with the user’s needs and
demands. Each employee of the staff is intended to have several records, responding to
his Working History, Contact Person Information, Salary Information, Time
Information and Holiday Information, and only one record containing his basic
information within the company – his personal details as: date of birth, gender, marital
status, address and phone details, and his current working record. An employee is
supposed to have not only one record of his Working history, or his Contact Person
Information…..For instance, if we take a look to the Time Information data table – an
employee may have several records in case he has some experience within the current
company. It is absolutely the same with the Salary Information, Contact Person
Information and Holiday Information data tables.
The relationships between the data tables are shown in Figure 4-Appendix A.
In Figure 4 we can distinguish six tables that the database consists of. All of the
relationships are of type: “one-to-many”. (For more details about the data tables, see
Appendix A: Figure 5 - Parent data table Employee_Details and Child data tables -
Figure 6, Figure 7, Figure 8, Figure 9, Figure 10).
Salary Information Contact Person
Information
Holiday Information
Employee_ID_Number
Monthly_Salary
Monthly_Money_Currency
monthly_Taxes
monthly_Deductions
monthly_Insurances
ms_From_Date_Day
ms_From_Date_Month
ms_From_Date_Year
ms_To_Date_Day
ms_To_Date_Month
ms_To_Date_Year
Weekly_Salary
Weekly_Money_Currency
weekly_Taxes
weekly_Deductions
weekly_Insurances
ws_From_Date_Day
ws_From_Date_Month
ws_From_Date_Year
ws_To_Date_Day
ws_To_Date_Month
ws_To_Date_Year
Employee_ID_Number
c_First_Name
c_Middle_Name
c_Last_Name
c_Cellular_Phone
c_Home_Phone
c_City
c_Address
Employee_ID_Number
Holiday
h_From_Date_Day
h_From_Date_Month
h_From_Date_Year
h_To_Date_Day
h_To_Date_Month
h_To_Date_Year
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The primary key fields could be set to Auto-number data type as Access creates these
values in an ascending order to ensure that they are unique within a table. Some of the
fields should be “adjusted” to accept null-values. It is quite important to be done as it is
tightly related to the input fields of the application program. I decided to perform it in
the following way: those fields that are compulsory to be filled by the user I have set
not to accept any null-values of data and on the other hand, those ones, that can be left
blank, are set to accept null-values. It is easy to be performed by changing the Allow
Zero Length setting (Appendix A: Figure 11 – Setting a data-field to accept null-
values).
It is just needed to go to the desired field that has to be set, and switch between the
two options, offered into the “Allow Zero Length” field. In the example, shown above,
the Personal_ID_Number field is set not to allow any null-values thus its field’s length
can not be zero as its value is quite essential for identifying an employee as an
individual and distinctive person.
That has been considered and done for a kind of convenience as the user would wish
not to enter all of the data at the moment, and come back later.
2.4 Program’s Structure Analyzing and GUI Constructing
After getting the database prepared, application program should be constructed and
implemented in some programming environment to enable the users to communicate
with the database.
Graphical User Interface (GUI) is intended to be built up as a basic structure of the
program. The first general advice when constructing GUIs is to “know thy users” as
there is a large number of rules and requirements, concerning the whole process of GUI
development. Every GUI consists of certain number of controls (text-boxes, combo-
boxes, buttons…etc.). The list of all properties and methods for all controls is called
Application Programming Interface (API). The Program’s GUI is shown in (Appendix
B: Figure 1):
A set of controls is used in order to reach the desired purpose, what concerns the
functionality of the application, including Labels, Text boxes, Combo Boxes, Data
Grid, Buttons, Group Boxes, Panels, Tab controls etc. All of these controls, available in
the program, are fitted to the corresponding forms that are used in the application.
The Program contains two basic forms:
General - used as a platform (Appendix B: Figure 2 Basic form):
And a second one (Appendix B: Figure 3) that is loaded onto the first
(General) form.
One control that is heavily used is the Label control. It is used to display text on the
form. A Label-control is declared as:
• Private Label label_name;
And afterwards - instantiated by the initComponent method:
• Label_name = new Label();
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For all controls, the default constructor is used as their properties are set after that.
A set of Label controls is depicted on Figure 4 – Appendix B. The role of the Label
is to point at the responding text field, showing what it is intended to be used for. Other
set of controls, used in the program, is the set of text boxes and combo boxes, shown in
Figure 5 – Appendix B. All of the text boxes and combo boxes are marked with green-
coloured circle points.
“Windows Forms text boxes are used to get input from the user or to display text.
The TextBox control is generally used for editable text, although it can also be made
read-only. Text boxes can display multiple lines, wrap text to the size of the control,
and add basic formatting. The Windows Forms ComboBox control is used to display
data in a drop-down combo box. By default, the ComboBox control appears in two
parts: the top part is a text box that allows the user to type a list item.” [5].
It can be noticed that almost all of the controls are grouped and placed on a special
field (platform) and we can switch from one group to another by clicking on the
responding titles - Figure 2.2:
Figure 2.2 – Tab-control for switching from one set of controls to another.
This control is called: tab-Control and I have used it for convenience in order to
switch from one tab to another as every single tab consists of controls, which ones are
specifically related to a data table of the database.
“The Windows Forms TabControl displays multiple tabs, like dividers in a notebook
or labels in a set of folders in a filing cabinet. The tabs can contain pictures and other
controls. The most important property of the TabControl is TabPages, which contains
the individual tabs. Each individual tab is a TabPage object. When a tab is clicked, it
raises the click event for that TabPage object.” [5].
In order to be able to perform different operations upon the controls and their
responding data, a set of Buttons is also included in the program’s implementation -
Figure 2.3:
Figure 2.3 General functional buttons
Or Figure 2.4:
Figure 2.4 Buttons for records operations
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Some of the buttons are deliberately omitted to be shown here. The following
snippet of code represents a normal button in the graphical interface:
this.add_button.FlatStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FlatStyle.System;
this.add_button.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial Black", 10F,
System.Drawing.FontStyle.Italic, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point,
((System.Byte)(0)));
this.add_button.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(24, 24);
this.add_button.Name = "add_button";
this.add_button.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(128, 32);
this.add_button.TabIndex = 0;
this.add_button.Text = "&Add Employee";
The buttons are connected to their respective Event Handlers through their click
methods:
this.add_button.Click += new
System.EventHandler(this.add_button_Click);
A very essential role in the program plays the dataGrid control as it is used as an
interface (“bridge”) between the dataset (the buffer-table between the database and the
application program) and the user, enabling a visual representation of the data,
uploaded into the dataset - Figure 2.5:
Figure 2.5 Dataset outer appearance
“The Windows Forms DataGrid control provides a user interface to ADO.NET
datasets, displaying tabular data and allowing for updates to the data source. When the
DataGrid control is set to a valid data source, the control is automatically populated,
creating columns and rows based on the shape of the data. The DataGrid control can be
used to display either a single table or the hierarchical relationships between a set of
tables.” [5].
2.5 Database Connections and Code-Implementation
This subsection represents the main approach that has been made up in order to
establish the connections with the database:
The dataGrid control could be previewed as first:
// dataGrid1
this.dataGrid1.CaptionText = "Employee Data";
this.dataGrid1.DataMember = "";
this.dataGrid1.HeaderForeColor =
System.Drawing.SystemColors.ControlText;
this.dataGrid1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 64);
this.dataGrid1.Name = "dataGrid1";
this.dataGrid1.ReadOnly = true;
this.dataGrid1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(928, 176);
this.dataGrid1.TabIndex = 8;
this.dataGrid1.CurrentCellChanged += new
System.EventHandler(this.dataGrid1_CurrentCellChanged);
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That’s the Initialization of the basic properties of this control. In order to perform
some operations upon the functionality of the control (for instance: when the current
cell’s index changes…or when the control’s size is exceeded etc.), I constructed a
function, shown in Appendix B: Figure 6 – to prevent exceeding the control’s borders.
As it is shown in Figure 2.6, when the user exceeds the control’s borders, an
exception is instantly thrown, warning about the error has occurred:
Figure 2.6 Trying to go beyond the control’s ends
The table’s end is enclosed with a red marker - Figure 2.6. The following message-
box in Figure 2.7 pops up on the screen every time when we try going beyond this limit
by clicking outside the control’s borders.
Figure 2.7 Warning message
It can be seen from Figure 2.6, we have a data-record into the dataGrid. In order
to be able to perform such kind of operations, concerning the process of uploading
data into a data-table, or into a text-box field and so on, we need to establish a
connection to the database, upload the desired data-fields into our buffer (the
dataset) and afterwards perform the necessary data-binding operations:
• Establishing the data-connection: For this purpose, a DataAccessClass has
been created and placed into a separate file – “DataAccessClass.cs”. In this
class, not only functions dealing with retrieving of data are included, there
are also functions for saving data into the database, updating data, etc. On a
first time, we have to manage to the connection with the data source, which
one is the database (“Employees_Database.mdb”):
Figure 2.8 Preparing to get a connection established
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There are few steps until the data source get connected to the application program’s
components:
o Specifying the connection string:
public string
conString=@"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data
Source=....Employees_Database.mdb";
o Making up a query-string to be performed upon the database:
this.select_query1=" select* from Employees_Details order
by Last_Name,First_Name";
o Creating a data adapter to communicate between the dataset and the
database using the already specified connection- and query-strings:
public OleDbDataAdapter dAdapter;
…
dAdapter=new OleDbDataAdapter(this.select_query1, con);
A bit more about the data adapter: “The ADO.NET DataSet is a memory-resident
representation of data that provides a consistent relational programming model
independent of the data source. The DataSet represents a complete set of data including
tables, constraints, and relationships among the tables. Because the DataSet is
independent of the data source, a DataSet can include data local to the application, as
well as data from multiple data sources. Interaction with existing data sources is
controlled through the DataAdapter…The Fill method of the DataAdapter is used to
populate a DataSet with the results of the SelectCommand of the DataAdapter...” [5].
o Creating the Dataset to be populated with data:
public DataSet dSet;
…
dSet=new DataSet();
o Populating the Dataset with data using the so constructed Data-adapter:
dAdapter.Fill(dSet,"Employees_Details");
After getting the connection established and populating the desired data-fields into
the Dataset, we can connect the Datagrid control with the Dataset by explicitly showing
the data source - Figure 2.9:
Figure 2.9 Connecting the Datagrid with the Dataset control
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We also call the Currency Manager Set Function - Figure 2.10:
Figure 2.10 Initializing the CurrencyManager for the Parent data-table
“The CurrencyManager derives from the BindingManagerBase class. The
BindingManagerBase enables the synchronization of data-bound controls on a
Windows Form that are bound to the same data source. For example, suppose that a
form contains two TextBox controls that are bound to the same data source but to
different columns. The data source might be a DataTable that contains customer names,
while the columns might contain the first and last names. The two controls must be
synchronized in order to display the correct first and last names together for the same
customer. The CurrencyManager, which inherits from the BindingManagerBase class,
accomplishes this synchronization by maintaining a pointer to the current item in the
data source. The TextBox controls are bound to the current item so they display the
information for the same row. When the current item changes, the CurrencyManager
notifies all the bound controls, so that they can refresh their data. Furthermore, you can
set the Position property to specify the row in the DataTable that the controls point to.
To determine how many rows exist in the data source, use the Count property. The
Current property returns the current item in the underlying list. To change the current
item, set the Position property to a new value. The value must be greater than 0 and
must be less than the value of the Count property.” [5].
After setting the properties in an appropriate way, we can proceed to data-bind the
controls (text boxes and combo boxes) and the data source to load and display the data
from the data source. For this purpose a set of data-binding functions responding to
each data table of the database was constructed.
To load and display the data, responding to the Employees_Details data table, the
following consequence of operations has to be performed:
• Trying to establish the connection - Appendix B: Figure 7.
At the end of the set of operations we use the
(“fnGetDataBindingForEmployees_Details();”) function which role can be
depicted by using the snippets of code in Appendix B: Figure 8 and Figure 9 – Data-
binding operations. The operations shown in Figure 8 are also performed and for the
controls of Working History tab-page as they are related to the data content of
Employees_Details data table - Appendix B: Figure 10. This is operatively repeated
and for the rest types of controls on this tab-page.
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One thing should always be taken into an account when we perform such operations:
We are not allowed to perform a data binding operation more than once at a time, thus a
function should be made up for clearing the control’s collection of any data bindings. A
(“control.DataBindings.Clear();”) function is called every time when we commit to a
data binding operation upon a control. Otherwise, an exception would be thrown and
we have just to quit the program. Such kind of exceptions are not only undesirable, they
are not allowable in the practice as well.
After loading the available data records from the database, we are already able to
take a preview upon them:
Figure 2.11 Data records uploaded into the Datagrid control
The data records - Figure 2.11 concern only the main data table Employees_Details
as we are now in the first and second tab-pages of the tab-control. If we switch to the
next tab-page (s), the responding data table’s information will be uploaded into the
dataGrid control and shown as text into the corresponding text fields, located on the
same form.
The available record (if such one exists) is uploaded into the data grid control and
shown up on the screen - Figure 2.12:
Figure 2.12 A certain data record uploaded into the data grid
• All data included into the data grid control above is uploaded into
editable text fields as well - Appendix B: Figure 11.
We can walk through all the tab-pages, taking a preview upon all records of a
person - Appendix B: Figure 12.
In case of two or more available records, we are also allowed to use navigation
buttons shown under the text boxes and enclosed by a group box (Records Preview).
These patterns are used to demonstrate how the retrieving-data function of my
program operates. Some tests examples, comprising all operations performed upon the
database will also be included a bit later.
The four basic functions upon the database will be the main subject to be discussed:
Retrieving, Saving, Updating and Deleting data.
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2.5.1 Retrieving data from the database
Retrieving data from a database is less or more tightly related to dealing with the
SELECT query that should be applied to the database in order to extract the desirable
result, which one should satisfy certain conditions. This SQL query has the following
structure:
SLECT <column_name>
FROM <table_name>
WHERE [(condition_1), (condition_2), …..(condition_n)].
Into the WHERE-statement, the following logical and arithmetical operators are
included as well: [AND, OR, <, <=, >, >=, =]. The data from the database is retrieved
in three different ways:
By clicking on the (Load Records) button: It calls the event handler, associated with
this event, and operates as follows – Appendix B: Figure 13 – Load/Edit button click
event and Figure 14 – Trying to establish a connection to the database, evoked by the
Load/Edit button click event. It sets some of the functionality properties of some of the
other buttons, logically related to the eventual operations that may be performed upon
the retrieved data and calls a function that establishes a connection to the database and
performs the desirable SQL query upon it. Its implementation is shown in Appendix B:
Figure 15.
Function ( fnGetDataConnection() ) is implemented in a separate class, located in a
different file. Actually, all of the functions dealing with the data operations in the
program have been put there.
The SELECT query here retrieves all data from Employees_Details data table. This
data is uploaded into the data grid and all text fields of personalDetails and
cWorkingHistory pages, which ones are related to the content of Employees_Details
data table.
• After loading the available records existing into the main table, we can
proceed to upload and other existing records from another table by switching
from one tab-page to another. That performs a SQL query for retrieving data
from the main table plus data from its related (child) table. It is shown in
Appendix B: Figure 16 – Function performing the select query expression.
In this expression, we use the primary and the foreign key values from the parent
and the child tables, as the relationship between them should be explicitly specified. We
also use a WHERE- statement in order to specify and the person these records belong
to. Afterwards, a result table is constructed by joining the records from the child table
to their related record from the parent data table.
The operation performed in this way, is a kind of convenience as the data source is
still Employees_Details and it is not necessary to switch our data-binding process to
another source of data every time, when we go to any other table of the database. It is
very important to know which person (employee) these records belong to. In
accordance with that, the function above takes three input parameters:
fName=First Name, lName=Last Name and idNumber= Personal ID Number, and
applies them to the WHERE-statement’s condition.
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These explanatory notes are graphically presented on Figure 2.13:
Parent Table Child Table (i)
Figure 2.13 Retrieving records scheme
The last way of retrieving data into the program is by the Search field, provided for
seeking certain employee’s data.
Search by certain condition (given values): The search field consists of two
functional buttons and three text fields for giving the input parameters as string values
through which ones the search process will be performed. The first functional button is
located above the data grid and put in a line with other functional buttons. Actually, it
unlocks the search field and enables it for receiving data - Figure 2.14:
Figure 2.14 Search button activated
Primary Key Field … … …
Value_1
Value_2
… … …
… … …
Value_N
Foreign Key Field … … …
Value_1
Value_2
… … …
… … …
Value_N
SQL QuerySearch Condition’s Values
∩∩∩∩
RESULT TABLE
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Every time, when it’s clicked, its current style and colour properties are changed in
order to show that is in active mode. After clicking upon it, we can proceed to the
Search field, located a bit further below - Figure 2.15:
Figure 2.15 Search engine fields
The search engine operates with the exact values of the First Name, Last Name and
Personal ID Number attributes.
Sufficient and correct information has to be input unless we want zero records to be
found. Four available cases have been considered:
a. First Name and Personal ID Number.
b. Last Name and Personal ID Number.
c. First Name and Last Name.
d. Personal ID Number.
This search conditions are embedded in a SELECT-query as follows - Figure 2.16:
Figure 2.16 Select query expression
It could be rewritten in the following way, just to get the clue:
SELECT * FROM PARENT TABLE [(e)-indicator]
WHERE ( ( (Condition_1) AND (Condition_2) )
OR ( (Condition_3) AND (Condition_1) ) …
OR ( (Condition_3) AND (Condition_2) )
OR (Condition_3) )
ORDER BY e. ColumnName_x, e. ColumnName_y
After the search query execution upon the database, we need to populate the data
grid and the relevant text fields with this data – Appendix B: Figure 17 - Uploading
data into the Datagrid, in order to be on disposal of the program’s users.
If no any data record is found, a message box pops up on the screen, telling the user
that such a person doesn’t exists into the database – Appendix B: Figure 18.
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To upload the data into the text fields of the form, a data-binding function is called:
The entire function’s body is shown in Appendix B: Figure 19 Search function – code
implementation.
For test samples, see Appendix C: Figure 2.1- successful Search operation and
Figure 2.2-Search failure.
2.5.2 Saving data into the database
This kind of operation upon the database is subdivided into two groups: Saving a new
employee’s records (Populating all of the tables with data) and Add a record to an
employee’s data records.
Saving new employee’s records: The whole process comprises a few actions, but not
all of them are compulsory to be accomplished at once! First of all, to unlock the fields
in order to get them prepared for accepting new data, the (“Add Employee”) button has
to be clicked. Afterwards, we can go to the desired form and fill the required data in.
It’s not necessary to fill in all of the forms with an exception of the two first, which
ones hold the data for the parent table into the database, and to be able to perform a
successful save into the database, we need to fill in all of the fields required there! Of
course, if not all of the rest forms are populated with data, a message appears on screen
asking the user whether he would like to proceed anyway saving only the data, filled till
the moment, or go back and fill them in.
The next approach has been made up to resolve the saving problem: Firstly, it is
known that the primary key values in all tables are automatically generated by saving a
record as they have been set to an AutoNumber type. When data is saved into the
parent table, we have the primary key, which one is the Employee_ID_Number, but this
value is also needed for proceeding to another (child) table and populate it with data as
the DBMS needs to know the responding record into the parent table! Apparently, we
need to specify to which employee (person) from the parent table, the current record we
are trying to save, belongs to.
As it concerns all child tables into the database, it could be done in the following
way: When a record is populated into the parent table and we try to save another one
into a child table, the primary key’s value is taken and put into the child table where we
want to save the current record. Afterwards, we go to the child table and save the record
there. To implement this in code, a few functions have been constructed (one for each
child table and one for establishing the connection between the parent and the child
tables).
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The whole process can be graphically represented on Figure 2.17.:
(2)
(1)
Parent Table Child Table (i)
Figure 2.17 Saving records scheme
Some details are going to be given about the functions, called by clicking upon the
“Save All” button. It firstly calls a set of functions, checking whether all of the required
fields have been filled correctly, and if not then a message pops up on the screen
showing where there is insufficient information and whether we can proceed saving the
data or not. Afterwards, the responding save functions are called and the data is saved
into the database.
In Appendix B: Figure 20, a few lines of code, implementing this stuff, are applied.
These Boolean variables are passed to an array and initialized with the values
returned by functions, checking the information of the fields. The values of these
functions actually determine into which table we can save records and into which – not,
and whether we can save records at the moment at all.
Into the code – snippet on Figure 20 it can be seen that if we have the sufficient
information for the parent table, then we can save it … Plus performing save operations
and upon those of the child tables, which relative fields on the form contain the
sufficient and necessary information for this purpose.
If all of the fields are filled in, then – Appendix B: Figure 21 Saving functions –
source implementation.
One of the check-functions, used in the code on Figure 2.21, is shown in the next
figure – Appendix B: Figure 22.
All of this stuff is really useless without the functions, operating with the database.
The function, saving data into the parent table (Employees_Details) is shown in
Appendix B: Figure 23.
Primary Key Field … … …
Value_1
Value_2
… … …
… … …
Value_N
Foreign Key Field … … …
Value_1
Value_2
… … …
… … …
Value_N
Records to be saved into
the Parent Table
Records to be saved into a
Child Table
SQL Query SQL Query SQL Query
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We can see how and the other functions operate. For simplicity, only one of them is
going to be shown - Appendix B: Figure 24 Function, saving data into the child data-
table Working_History, as they are constructed to act almost in the same way.
All of these functions use the Get_Connection(Table_Name, ID) and
Get_Primary_Key(Table_Name, Primary_Key_Value, ID) methods, which ones are
very essential for the purposes, they have been constructed. Get_Connection() Method
is shown in Appendix B: Figure 25. When the method (function) shown in Figure 24 is
called, then the primary key’s value is taken from the parent table and after that the
obtained value is inserted into the relative child table.
Another method is embedded within these functions – Appendix B: Figure 26. This
method extracts the maximum value of the primary key, which has been automatically
generated beforehand and just put it into the condition of the UPDATE statement, in
order to save the data on the appropriate and correct place into the database, as every
next record should be inserted after the last one. The maximum value is easily obtained
by using the SELECT query as all of the primary key values are set to be generated in
an ascending order.
Adding a record to the database: We need to press the “Add a Record” button in
order to enable the “Save a Record” button and to prepare the fields for the input stream
of data - Figure 2.18:
Figure 2.18 Adding a record to the database
After filling the required information into the text fields, all of the fields are checked
whether sufficient information is given or not. The test-samples are shown in
Appendix C.2.
That’s all concerning the Save-data process as such as it has been implemented into
my program.
2.5.3 Updating records into the database
This operation, performed upon a database, is less or more essential as it is tightly
related to the “Edit”- and “Refresh”-modes of operating with data. One thing should
always be taken into an account when we deal with records-updating: We need to know
the primary key’s value of the current record that we would like to get updated by the
system, as in other way a rather different record would be updated.
Two cases have been considered:
Update All: It means, all of the records into the database, concerning a
certain employee, to be updated at once. For this purpose, it is desirable, but not
compulsory, all of the fields on the forms to be filled in with data (edited data,
for instance) and after that we need to press the “Update All” button. The
program doesn’t allow the user to update not existing records or records where
insufficient information has been detected!
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This process of updating data could be depicted as follows - Figure 2.19:
Parent Table Child Table (i)
Figure 2.19 Updating records scheme
The snippets of code in Appendix B: Figure 27 and Figure 28 shows what happens
into the Click-event’s mechanism of this update-button. Only few of the functions are
going to be exposed here as the rest ones are operatively the same.
The Update_Employees_Details() function - is going to be shown as first – Appendix
B: Figure 29. As it could be noted, this method calls another one within itself, which
one actually executes the SQL query upon the database. This method has the next body
implementation, shown in Appendix B: Figure 30 SQL implementation for updating
records into the parent table. The methods shown in Figure 29 and Figure 30 affect the
parent table’s records only. For the child tables’ records, other functions have been
constructed and that can be seen from the code snippets above. The methods, dealing
only with Working_History data table, are going to be presented here, as the methods
for the rest data tables are constructed by using the same approach – Appendix B:
Figure 31 and Figure 32.
A test responding to these functions’ performance is depicted on the Figures in
Appendix C.3.1.
Update Single Records into the database: This can be performed by
clicking the “Update a Record” button - Figure 2.20:
Figure 2.20 Updating a record into the database
The click-event calls the same update-functions as such as they were shown in the
figures, concerning all records-updating. Each “Update a Record” button calls the
appropriate function, responding to a certain data table.
Two test-samples are shown in Appendix C.3.2.
Primary Key Field …
Value_1
Value_2
… … …
… … …
Value_N
Foreign Key Field Primary Key Field …
Value_1 Value_1
Value_2 Value_2
… … … … … …
… … … … … …
Value_N Value_N
SQL Query
SQL QueryChild-Table Primary
Key’s Value
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2.5.4 Deleting data from the database
This kind of operation, performed upon the database, is subdivided into two parts:
Single Records Deletion and All Records Deletion. Both parts concern only single
employee’s data into the database. Deleting a single record from the database means
moving to a certain child table, selecting the record we want to be deleted and press the
“Delete a Record” button. The result is instantly reflected into the database and back
into the program as well. There is a bit difference between performing single record
deletion into the child tables and performing a delete operation upon the whole amount
of records of an employee. In the second case we need to delete the employee’s record
into the parent table as well, but before proceeding to this final action we have to ensure
that all of his records into the child tables are fully erased. Otherwise, the DBMS will
not allow any data into the parent table to be deleted! I made up as simple approach as
it was possible: I have constructed a delete function for every single child table, erasing
all of the records of the selected employee. These functions go through the child tables
and when all data gets deleted, a function, erasing the record into the parent table, is
called as last.
• Single Record Deletion: means that only the current record we want to delete,
shall be removed from the database. For this purpose, we can use the functional
buttons, related to a record in each data table. The click-event of such a button is
shown in Appendix B: Figure 33 Click-event function and Figure 34 Delete
function, evoked within the click-event’s body.
The test-samples are shown in Appendix C.4.1.
• All Records Deletion: To perform successfully this kind of operation upon the
whole data of an employee, existing into the database, we firstly need to delete
consequently all of his records into the child tables and then proceed to the
parent table. By clicking the “Delete All” button, a click-event is involved as it
is shown in Appendix B: Figure 35. Into the code in Figure 35, we get, or at
least try to obtain the primary key values from every single child table in order
to ensure that there is (are) available record(s) there, because in other way
exception is thrown and the operation crashes down.
To cope with these special cases, a “try-catch” statement has been considered and
put to deal with the emergencies of this kind. In case there is no any record, then the
primary key is automatically initialized to zero (0), unambiguously showing that there
is no any available record into the current child table – Appendix B: Figure 36 Function
obtaining the primary key’s value. If the primary key is not zero, then the delete
function is called to be performed upon the found record(s) – Appendix B: Figure 37
Function, deleting all records of an employee. Afterwards, we go back to the basic
function, in which body all of this stuff is involved, and keep on operating in the same
way with the rest of the child tables until we reach to the parent table’s operative
function, shown in Appendix B: Figure 38 and Figure 39 – Delete function, operating
upon the records into the parent data table.
A test-sample showing this function’s performance is illustrated in Appendix C.4.2.
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3. Conclusion
In this report, an information system’s development has been presented. It was
emphasized on the basic steps, consequently taken during the project’s development
course as a particular attention was turned to the basic operative functions performed
upon the data into the database.
The report’s content comprises the whole task solution, starting from the programming
environments have been selected, going through the database, the application’s analyze
and construction, and finishing with the code-implementation and test-samples, shown
separately in Appendix chapters.
As a future work, some additional stuff could be implemented and integrated into the
application code making it much more reliable and flexible; especially what concerns a
pay-roll module, for instance.
Apparently, the role of such systems is basic and essential within each company that
wants to keep a really good control and record concerning its personnel data,
functionality and performance on all levels in its structure. Every organization, in
nowadays, has the necessity of managing its staff on a really good level as the staff has
definitely the greatest merit of building up a company as such as it is. The well-
managed staff means giving the appropriate financial award-ness and all kind of
benefits as such as they have been deserved. That’s why the development of such
systems is not just a programming business – a lot of people are ordinarily involved in
such projects and one of the basic requirements is the reliability of the system,
especially what concerns the storage of data and all of the operations that will be
performed upon it.
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Design, Implementation, and Management), Addison-Wesley, an imprint of
Pearson Education, University of Paisley (U.K.), Fourth edition 2005
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Appendix A: Programming Environments and
Database Content
This section will give some visual details about the content and the structure of the
database that has been designed and constructed for the purposes of the program.
• MS-Access (2000):
Figure A.1
• Visual Studio – Microsoft:
Figure A.2
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• Employees_Details data table:
Figure A.5
• Working_History data table:
Figure A.6
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• Contact_Person_Details data table:
Figure A.7
• Time_Keeping_History data table:
Figure A.8
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• Salary_Information data table:
Figure A.9
• Holiday_Information data table:
Figure A.10
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• Set the Allow Zero Length Property:
Figure A.11
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Appendix B: Program’s Structure and Code
Implementation
This section will give some visual details about the structure of the program has
been designed and constructed for the purposes of the program and its basic functions’
code implementation as well.
• Application program’s GUI:
Figure B.1
• Basic form:
Figure B.2
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• User control form:
Figure B.3
• Label-controls:
Figure B.4
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• Textbox- and Combobox-controls:
Figure B.5
• Data grid control: CurrentCellChanged function:
Figure B.6
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Figure B.20
• In case, all of the required fields are filled in:
… … … … … … … …
… … … … … … … … …
Figure B.21
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• Check-function for the information related to one of the data tables:
Figure B.22
• Function, saving data into the parent table (Employees Details):
Figure B.23
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• Function, saving data into a child table (Working History):
Figure B.24
• Function, establishing the relationships:
Figure B.25
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• Function, extracting the maximum value of the primary key:
Figure B.26
• “Update All” button click-event - Figure B.27 and Figure B.28
Figure B.27
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Figure B.28
• Functions - Figure B.29 and Figure B.30, dealing with the records updating into
the parent table:
Figure B.29
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Figure B.30
• Functions - Figure B.31 and Figure B.32, dealing with the records updating into
a child table (Working History):
Figure B.31
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Figure B.32
• “Delete a Record” button click-event (deleting a record from Working History):
Figure B.33
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The function in Figure B.34 is called within the click-event’s body of the “Delete a
Record” button. If there is an existing record into a table, related to the current person
we are operating with, then the delete-function is called:
Figure B.34
• “Delete All” button click-event:
Figure B.35
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• Function, obtaining the primary key’s value:
Figure B.36
• Function, deleting all records in a child table, related to a certain employee:
Figure B.37
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• The Delete function is called - Figure B.38 and Figure B.39, what concerns the
records into the parent table:
Figure B.38
Figure B.39
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Appendix C: Tests Performance
This section provides a visual presentation of all test-samples have been performed
upon the program’s functionality.
1. Search Engine test – Figure C.2.1 and Figure C.2.2:
Figure C.2.1
That’s a test for a successful search. If no sufficient or incorrect information is
entered, then the system instantly sends a message to the user’s attention:
Figure C.2.2
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2. Saving data into the database:
We shouldn’t be allowed to save a record if no any person has been selected –
- Figure C.2.3:
Figure C.2.3
The second test involves adding a new employee’s data to the database. For
simplicity, only data for the parent table is going to be input, thus the system will throw
a warning, but after clicking on the “OK” button, the data will be successfully saved
into the database - Figure C.2.4 and Figure C.2.5:
Figure C.2.4
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Figure C.2.5
After clicking on the “Save All” button, the check-result could be seen –
- Figure C.2.6:
Figure C.2.6
…Click on “OK” button - Figure C.2.7:
Figure C.2.7
The message box, in the figure above, says we can proceed anyway, and shows us
which data tables will not be populated with data.
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If there is nothing else to be shared with the database thus we can click on the “OK”
button - Figure C.2.8:
Figure C.2.8
As there is a record into the parent table, respectively there is employee’s basic data
into the database; a record can be added to any of the other tables, responding to the
Previous Working Experience, Salary Information, Holiday Information and so on.
A new record is going to be added now to his Previous Experience by switching to
the Previous Employer(s) Tab page - Figure C.2.9:
Figure C.2.9
In this way, we can add records to all of the child tables into the database.
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3.1. All Records Update:
Figure C.2.10
A Warning Message is displayed on the screen, as we have not the sufficient
information to perform such kind of operation!
In case only some of the required blanks are filled in, then - Figure C.2.11:
Figure C.2.11
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The screenshot above shows that we can proceed to update the data even though not
all of the form’s fields have been filled.
3.2. Single Record Update:
Figure C.2.12
A Warning message is shown up, as a not-existing record has been tried to be
updated. Thus to update a record, we need to have an existing record into the database.
Figure C.2.13
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We can change the first name to “Peter” and click the update button afterwards -
Figure C.2.14. The result is supposed to be: first name as “Peter” instead of the
previous one “Aleksandyr”:
Figure C.2.14
The current record has been updated and the result has been immediately reflected
into the data grid as well.
4.1 Single Record Deletion:
Figure C.2.15
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After clicking upon the “OK” labeled button, we can see and the results of the
performed delete-operation upon this current record - Figure C.2.16:
Figure C.2.16
The Employee still exists into the database, but with no any records of his Working
History as the only one record there has been deleted.
This operation could be executed in quite the same way with the rest tables’ records.
For a kind of simplicity and convenience, the performance tests on them have been
deliberately omitted.
4.2 All Records Deletion:
Mr. Petkov is currently selected as an employee which data we don’t need anymore
and want to release the database memory of it. The only thing has to be done is
selecting the current person – Figure C.2.17 and pressing “Delete All” button –Figure
C.2.18
Figure C.2.17
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Figure C.2.18
This employee doesn’t exist into the database anymore.