The document provides information on entity relationship diagrams (ERDs), including the objectives, components, and steps to create an ERD. It defines key ERD concepts like entities, attributes, relationships, and cardinality. It describes the entity modeling process and discusses how to recognize entities, attributes, relationships, and cardinalities in a database. It outlines the general steps to create an ERD, including identifying entities, finding relationships between entities, drawing a rough ERD, defining primary keys, identifying attributes, mapping attributes to entities, and drawing a fully attributed ERD. Sample ERDs are provided to illustrate concepts like cardinality constraints.
The document provides an overview of entity relationship diagrams (ERDs) including their basic components, different notations, and how to implement various relationship types in a relational database. ERDs depict entities, attributes, and relationships in a conceptual database design. Key points covered include the three main notations of ERDs, solving multi-valued attributes and many-to-many relationships, and how to implement one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many relationships through primary and foreign key constraints.
This document discusses the entity-relationship (ER) model for conceptual database design. It defines key concepts like entities, attributes, relationships, keys, and participation constraints. Entities can be strong or weak, and attributes can be simple, composite, multi-valued, or derived. Relationships associate entities and can specify cardinality like one-to-one, one-to-many, or many-to-many. The ER model diagrams the structure and constraints of a database before its logical and physical implementation.
The document provides an overview of entity-relationship (E-R) modeling concepts including:
- Entity sets represent collections of real-world entities that share common properties
- Relationship sets define associations between entity sets
- Attributes provide additional information about entities and relationships
- Keys uniquely identify entities and relationships
- Cardinalities constrain how entities can participate in relationships
- E-R diagrams visually depict entity sets, attributes, relationships and constraints.
Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) are used to model relationships between entities in a database. The document discusses ERD components like entities, relationships, cardinality, and attributes. It provides an example of an ERD for a company with departments, supervisors, employees, and projects. Key entities are identified and their relationships and attributes are represented in the example ERD diagrams.
The document provides information on the key concepts of an entity-relationship (E-R) model, including:
1) Entities represent real-world objects like people, places, and things that are stored in a database. Attributes describe the properties of entities.
2) Relationships represent associations between entities. Relationships have properties like degree, cardinality, and existence.
3) Keys like primary keys and foreign keys uniquely identify entities and define relationships between entities.
4) Strong and weak entities differ in whether they have their own primary keys or rely on other entities.
5) E-R diagrams visually depict entities, attributes, relationships, keys and other concepts to model a database.
The document provides information on entity relationship diagrams (ERDs), including their objectives, components, and how to construct them. An ERD is a graphical representation of entities, attributes, and relationships within a database. It serves as a design tool, documentation, and means to communicate the logical structure. Key aspects covered include identifying entities and attributes, defining relationships and cardinalities, and using standard symbols and notations to draw the ERD.
The document provides an overview of entity relationship diagrams (ERDs) including their basic components, different notations, and how to implement various relationship types in a relational database. ERDs depict entities, attributes, and relationships in a conceptual database design. Key points covered include the three main notations of ERDs, solving multi-valued attributes and many-to-many relationships, and how to implement one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many relationships through primary and foreign key constraints.
This document discusses the entity-relationship (ER) model for conceptual database design. It defines key concepts like entities, attributes, relationships, keys, and participation constraints. Entities can be strong or weak, and attributes can be simple, composite, multi-valued, or derived. Relationships associate entities and can specify cardinality like one-to-one, one-to-many, or many-to-many. The ER model diagrams the structure and constraints of a database before its logical and physical implementation.
The document provides an overview of entity-relationship (E-R) modeling concepts including:
- Entity sets represent collections of real-world entities that share common properties
- Relationship sets define associations between entity sets
- Attributes provide additional information about entities and relationships
- Keys uniquely identify entities and relationships
- Cardinalities constrain how entities can participate in relationships
- E-R diagrams visually depict entity sets, attributes, relationships and constraints.
Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) are used to model relationships between entities in a database. The document discusses ERD components like entities, relationships, cardinality, and attributes. It provides an example of an ERD for a company with departments, supervisors, employees, and projects. Key entities are identified and their relationships and attributes are represented in the example ERD diagrams.
The document provides information on the key concepts of an entity-relationship (E-R) model, including:
1) Entities represent real-world objects like people, places, and things that are stored in a database. Attributes describe the properties of entities.
2) Relationships represent associations between entities. Relationships have properties like degree, cardinality, and existence.
3) Keys like primary keys and foreign keys uniquely identify entities and define relationships between entities.
4) Strong and weak entities differ in whether they have their own primary keys or rely on other entities.
5) E-R diagrams visually depict entities, attributes, relationships, keys and other concepts to model a database.
The document provides information on entity relationship diagrams (ERDs), including their objectives, components, and how to construct them. An ERD is a graphical representation of entities, attributes, and relationships within a database. It serves as a design tool, documentation, and means to communicate the logical structure. Key aspects covered include identifying entities and attributes, defining relationships and cardinalities, and using standard symbols and notations to draw the ERD.
Integrity constraints are rules that help maintain data quality and consistency in a database. The main types of integrity constraints are:
1. Domain constraints specify valid values and data types for attributes to restrict what data can be entered.
2. Entity constraints require that each row have a unique identifier and prevent null values in primary keys.
3. Referential integrity constraints maintain relationships between tables by preventing actions that would invalidate links between foreign and primary keys.
4. Cascade rules extend referential integrity by automatically propagating updates or deletes from a primary table to its related tables.
Normalisation is a process that structures data in a relational database to minimize duplication and redundancy while preserving information. It aims to ensure data is structured efficiently and consistently through multiple forms. The stages of normalization include first normal form (1NF), second normal form (2NF), third normal form (3NF), Boyce-Codd normal form (BCNF), fourth normal form (4NF) and fifth normal form (5NF). Higher normal forms eliminate more types of dependencies to optimize the database structure.
This document discusses different types of keys used in databases. It defines keys as attributes that uniquely identify rows in tables. It then explains various key types including primary keys, candidate keys, super keys, alternate keys, unique keys, composite keys, foreign keys, natural keys and surrogate keys. For each key type, it provides examples from sample tables and discusses their properties and how they differ from each other. The document concludes that databases generally only contain primary, foreign, unique and surrogate keys, while other key types are conceptual, and that each table requires a unique key to reliably access and identify data.
This document provides an introduction to SQL and database systems. It begins with example tables to demonstrate SQL concepts. It then covers the objectives of SQL, including allowing users to create database structures, manipulate data, and perform queries. Various SQL concepts are introduced such as data types, comparison operators, logical operators, and arithmetic operators. The document also discusses SQL statements for schema and catalog definitions, data definition, data manipulation, and other operators. Example SQL queries are provided to illustrate concepts around selecting columns, rows, sorting, aggregation, grouping, and more.
This document defines and provides examples of different types of keys in a database table:
1) A super key is an attribute or combination of attributes that can identify records, but it may contain redundant data. A candidate key is a minimal super key that uniquely identifies each record.
2) The primary key is the candidate key chosen by the database designer to uniquely identify each record. It can consist of one or more attributes.
3) A foreign key is an attribute in one table that references the primary key of another table, enforcing referential integrity between the tables.
4) If the primary key contains multiple attributes, it is called a composite or compound key.
A distributed database is a collection of logically interrelated databases distributed over a computer network. A distributed database management system (DDBMS) manages the distributed database and makes the distribution transparent to users. There are two main types of DDBMS - homogeneous and heterogeneous. Key characteristics of distributed databases include replication of fragments, shared logically related data across sites, and each site being controlled by a DBMS. Challenges include complex management, security, and increased storage requirements due to data replication.
The document presents information on Entity Relationship (ER) modeling for database design. It discusses the key concepts of ER modeling including entities, attributes, relationships and cardinalities. It also explains how to create an Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) using standard symbols and notations. Additional features like generalization, specialization and inheritance are covered which allow ERDs to represent hierarchical relationships between entities. The presentation aims to provide an overview of ER modeling and ERDs as an important technique for conceptual database design.
The document discusses different types of keys used in database management systems. It defines primary key as a minimal set of attributes that uniquely identify each row in a table. It also discusses candidate keys, alternate keys, super keys, composite keys, and foreign keys. Candidate keys are attributes that qualify for uniqueness. Alternate keys are other candidate keys besides the primary key. Super keys are attributes that include the primary key attributes. Composite keys are formed using multiple attributes when no single attribute uniquely identifies rows. Foreign keys link tables and enforce referential integrity.
Database normalization is the process of refining the data in accordance with a series of normal forms. This is done to reduce data redundancy and improve data integrity. This process divides large tables into small tables and links them using relationships.
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The document provides an overview of entity-relationship (ER) modeling concepts used in database design. It defines key terms like entities, attributes, relationships, and cardinalities. It explains how ER diagrams visually represent these concepts using symbols like rectangles, diamonds, and lines. The document also discusses entity types, relationship degrees, key attributes, weak entities, and how to model one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, and many-to-many relationships. Overall, the document serves as a guide to basic ER modeling principles for conceptual database design.
The document discusses the entity-relationship (E-R) data model. It defines key concepts in E-R modeling including entities, attributes, entity sets, relationships, and relationship sets. It describes different types of attributes and relationships. It also explains how to represent E-R diagrams visually using symbols like rectangles, diamonds, and lines to depict entities, relationships, keys, and cardinalities. Primary keys, foreign keys, and weak entities are also covered.
This document discusses database normalization and different normal forms including 1NF, 2NF, 3NF, and BCNF. It defines anomalies like insertion, update, and deletion anomalies that can occur when data is not normalized. Examples are provided to illustrate the different normal forms and how denormalizing data can lead to anomalies. The key aspects of each normal form like removing repeating groups (1NF), removing functional dependencies on non-prime attributes (2NF), and removing transitive dependencies (3NF, BCNF) are explained.
A key is a field or set of fields that uniquely identifies each record in a table. A candidate key is a field or set of fields that could serve as the primary key. The primary key is the candidate key that is chosen to uniquely identify each record. When no single field can uniquely identify records, a compound key that combines multiple fields can be used. A surrogate key is a unique identifier created specifically to identify records when the natural candidate keys do not adequately distinguish between records. Foreign keys are used to link records between tables based on matching primary key values.
This document is a student assignment on joins and their types in database management systems. It defines joins as combining related tuples from two relations based on matching conditions. The main types of joins discussed are inner joins (theta, equi, natural), and outer joins (left, right, full). Inner joins return only tuples that satisfy the condition, while outer joins return all tuples from one or both relations whether or not they match. Examples are provided to illustrate each join type.
The document discusses query processing and optimization. It describes the basic concepts including query processing, query optimization, and the phases of query processing. It also explains relational algebra operations like selection, projection, joins, and additional operations. The document then covers topics like query decomposition, analysis, normalization, simplification, and restructuring during query optimization. It discusses cost estimation and algorithms for implementing relational algebra operations and file organization.
Integrity constraints are rules used to maintain data quality and ensure accuracy in a relational database. The main types of integrity constraints are domain constraints, which define valid value sets for attributes; NOT NULL constraints, which enforce non-null values; UNIQUE constraints, which require unique values; and CHECK constraints, which specify value ranges. Referential integrity links data between tables through foreign keys, preventing orphaned records. Integrity constraints are enforced by the database to guard against accidental data damage.
This document discusses the enhanced entity-relationship (EER) model. The EER model extends the basic ER model to represent more complex business data through the addition of supertypes and subtypes, generalization and specialization, constraints on supertype-subtype relationships, subtype discriminators, and entity clustering. Supertypes represent generic entity types that have subtypes as subgroups with both shared and distinct attributes. The EER model allows for more flexible modeling of real-world data.
This document discusses relationships in database management systems. It begins by introducing relationships and how they are established through primary and foreign keys. It then describes different types of relationships: one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, and many-to-many. For each relationship type, it provides examples and descriptions of how the relationships are implemented in tables. The document emphasizes that relationships are important for reducing data redundancy, organizing the database, and ensuring referential integrity. It concludes by reiterating the importance of properly defining relationships for effective database functioning.
The document describes two database design exercises. The first involves designing a database to store information about employees, departments, and employee children. It involves entities for employees, departments, and children and relationships indicating employees work in departments, departments have managers, and children can be identified through their parent employee.
The second exercise involves designing a database for an art gallery. It involves entities for artists, artworks, groups, and customers. Artworks are created by artists and can belong to multiple groups. Customers like certain artists and groups. The solution diagrams the entities and relationships along with constraints like each artwork is created by one artist.
This document discusses entity relationship (ER) diagrams and provides examples. It introduces key concepts for ER diagrams like entities, attributes, key attributes, composite attributes, multi-valued attributes, derived attributes, and relationship types. Examples are given for an employee entity including its attributes and relationships. An ER diagram is also shown for a banking system to illustrate entities, relationships and cardinalities.
Integrity constraints are rules that help maintain data quality and consistency in a database. The main types of integrity constraints are:
1. Domain constraints specify valid values and data types for attributes to restrict what data can be entered.
2. Entity constraints require that each row have a unique identifier and prevent null values in primary keys.
3. Referential integrity constraints maintain relationships between tables by preventing actions that would invalidate links between foreign and primary keys.
4. Cascade rules extend referential integrity by automatically propagating updates or deletes from a primary table to its related tables.
Normalisation is a process that structures data in a relational database to minimize duplication and redundancy while preserving information. It aims to ensure data is structured efficiently and consistently through multiple forms. The stages of normalization include first normal form (1NF), second normal form (2NF), third normal form (3NF), Boyce-Codd normal form (BCNF), fourth normal form (4NF) and fifth normal form (5NF). Higher normal forms eliminate more types of dependencies to optimize the database structure.
This document discusses different types of keys used in databases. It defines keys as attributes that uniquely identify rows in tables. It then explains various key types including primary keys, candidate keys, super keys, alternate keys, unique keys, composite keys, foreign keys, natural keys and surrogate keys. For each key type, it provides examples from sample tables and discusses their properties and how they differ from each other. The document concludes that databases generally only contain primary, foreign, unique and surrogate keys, while other key types are conceptual, and that each table requires a unique key to reliably access and identify data.
This document provides an introduction to SQL and database systems. It begins with example tables to demonstrate SQL concepts. It then covers the objectives of SQL, including allowing users to create database structures, manipulate data, and perform queries. Various SQL concepts are introduced such as data types, comparison operators, logical operators, and arithmetic operators. The document also discusses SQL statements for schema and catalog definitions, data definition, data manipulation, and other operators. Example SQL queries are provided to illustrate concepts around selecting columns, rows, sorting, aggregation, grouping, and more.
This document defines and provides examples of different types of keys in a database table:
1) A super key is an attribute or combination of attributes that can identify records, but it may contain redundant data. A candidate key is a minimal super key that uniquely identifies each record.
2) The primary key is the candidate key chosen by the database designer to uniquely identify each record. It can consist of one or more attributes.
3) A foreign key is an attribute in one table that references the primary key of another table, enforcing referential integrity between the tables.
4) If the primary key contains multiple attributes, it is called a composite or compound key.
A distributed database is a collection of logically interrelated databases distributed over a computer network. A distributed database management system (DDBMS) manages the distributed database and makes the distribution transparent to users. There are two main types of DDBMS - homogeneous and heterogeneous. Key characteristics of distributed databases include replication of fragments, shared logically related data across sites, and each site being controlled by a DBMS. Challenges include complex management, security, and increased storage requirements due to data replication.
The document presents information on Entity Relationship (ER) modeling for database design. It discusses the key concepts of ER modeling including entities, attributes, relationships and cardinalities. It also explains how to create an Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) using standard symbols and notations. Additional features like generalization, specialization and inheritance are covered which allow ERDs to represent hierarchical relationships between entities. The presentation aims to provide an overview of ER modeling and ERDs as an important technique for conceptual database design.
The document discusses different types of keys used in database management systems. It defines primary key as a minimal set of attributes that uniquely identify each row in a table. It also discusses candidate keys, alternate keys, super keys, composite keys, and foreign keys. Candidate keys are attributes that qualify for uniqueness. Alternate keys are other candidate keys besides the primary key. Super keys are attributes that include the primary key attributes. Composite keys are formed using multiple attributes when no single attribute uniquely identifies rows. Foreign keys link tables and enforce referential integrity.
Database normalization is the process of refining the data in accordance with a series of normal forms. This is done to reduce data redundancy and improve data integrity. This process divides large tables into small tables and links them using relationships.
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The document provides an overview of entity-relationship (ER) modeling concepts used in database design. It defines key terms like entities, attributes, relationships, and cardinalities. It explains how ER diagrams visually represent these concepts using symbols like rectangles, diamonds, and lines. The document also discusses entity types, relationship degrees, key attributes, weak entities, and how to model one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, and many-to-many relationships. Overall, the document serves as a guide to basic ER modeling principles for conceptual database design.
The document discusses the entity-relationship (E-R) data model. It defines key concepts in E-R modeling including entities, attributes, entity sets, relationships, and relationship sets. It describes different types of attributes and relationships. It also explains how to represent E-R diagrams visually using symbols like rectangles, diamonds, and lines to depict entities, relationships, keys, and cardinalities. Primary keys, foreign keys, and weak entities are also covered.
This document discusses database normalization and different normal forms including 1NF, 2NF, 3NF, and BCNF. It defines anomalies like insertion, update, and deletion anomalies that can occur when data is not normalized. Examples are provided to illustrate the different normal forms and how denormalizing data can lead to anomalies. The key aspects of each normal form like removing repeating groups (1NF), removing functional dependencies on non-prime attributes (2NF), and removing transitive dependencies (3NF, BCNF) are explained.
A key is a field or set of fields that uniquely identifies each record in a table. A candidate key is a field or set of fields that could serve as the primary key. The primary key is the candidate key that is chosen to uniquely identify each record. When no single field can uniquely identify records, a compound key that combines multiple fields can be used. A surrogate key is a unique identifier created specifically to identify records when the natural candidate keys do not adequately distinguish between records. Foreign keys are used to link records between tables based on matching primary key values.
This document is a student assignment on joins and their types in database management systems. It defines joins as combining related tuples from two relations based on matching conditions. The main types of joins discussed are inner joins (theta, equi, natural), and outer joins (left, right, full). Inner joins return only tuples that satisfy the condition, while outer joins return all tuples from one or both relations whether or not they match. Examples are provided to illustrate each join type.
The document discusses query processing and optimization. It describes the basic concepts including query processing, query optimization, and the phases of query processing. It also explains relational algebra operations like selection, projection, joins, and additional operations. The document then covers topics like query decomposition, analysis, normalization, simplification, and restructuring during query optimization. It discusses cost estimation and algorithms for implementing relational algebra operations and file organization.
Integrity constraints are rules used to maintain data quality and ensure accuracy in a relational database. The main types of integrity constraints are domain constraints, which define valid value sets for attributes; NOT NULL constraints, which enforce non-null values; UNIQUE constraints, which require unique values; and CHECK constraints, which specify value ranges. Referential integrity links data between tables through foreign keys, preventing orphaned records. Integrity constraints are enforced by the database to guard against accidental data damage.
This document discusses the enhanced entity-relationship (EER) model. The EER model extends the basic ER model to represent more complex business data through the addition of supertypes and subtypes, generalization and specialization, constraints on supertype-subtype relationships, subtype discriminators, and entity clustering. Supertypes represent generic entity types that have subtypes as subgroups with both shared and distinct attributes. The EER model allows for more flexible modeling of real-world data.
This document discusses relationships in database management systems. It begins by introducing relationships and how they are established through primary and foreign keys. It then describes different types of relationships: one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, and many-to-many. For each relationship type, it provides examples and descriptions of how the relationships are implemented in tables. The document emphasizes that relationships are important for reducing data redundancy, organizing the database, and ensuring referential integrity. It concludes by reiterating the importance of properly defining relationships for effective database functioning.
The document describes two database design exercises. The first involves designing a database to store information about employees, departments, and employee children. It involves entities for employees, departments, and children and relationships indicating employees work in departments, departments have managers, and children can be identified through their parent employee.
The second exercise involves designing a database for an art gallery. It involves entities for artists, artworks, groups, and customers. Artworks are created by artists and can belong to multiple groups. Customers like certain artists and groups. The solution diagrams the entities and relationships along with constraints like each artwork is created by one artist.
This document discusses entity relationship (ER) diagrams and provides examples. It introduces key concepts for ER diagrams like entities, attributes, key attributes, composite attributes, multi-valued attributes, derived attributes, and relationship types. Examples are given for an employee entity including its attributes and relationships. An ER diagram is also shown for a banking system to illustrate entities, relationships and cardinalities.
The steps to create a database involve analyzing data, categorizing it and dividing it into tables with field names and data types. Key steps also include creating tables with primary keys, establishing relationships between tables, entering data, designing forms and queries with criteria to generate customized reports. The process concludes with a final assessment of the database.
The document provides information on creating and working with databases in OpenOffice Base. It discusses how data is organized in tables with records and fields, and the tools available in the Base window. It also provides steps for creating a new database or opening an existing one, creating tables using a wizard or design view, and creating forms using the form wizard to customize how data is entered and displayed.
The document outlines a 7-step process for mapping an entity-relationship (ER) schema to a relational database schema. The steps include mapping regular and weak entity types, binary 1:1, 1:N, and M:N relationship types, multivalued attributes, and n-ary relationship types to tables. For each type of schema element, the document describes how to represent it as a table with primary keys and foreign key attributes that preserve the relationships in the original ER schema.
This document discusses displaying messages and alerts in Form Builder. It describes using built-in functions like ERROR_CODE and MESSAGE_TYPE to identify error types. Form Builder can display default, informative, and error messages. Alerts can be created and customized at runtime using properties and buttons to handle different responses from the user. Built-in functions like FORM_SUCCESS and FORM_FAILURE help test for success or failure.
The document discusses Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) which are used for data modeling. It defines ERD components such as data objects, attributes, and relationships. It describes different types of relationships between entities like one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many relationships. Cardinality and degree of relationships are also explained. Examples of ERD diagrams and benefits like effective communication are provided.
The document discusses the components and relationships in a database management system, including tables for sales offices, employees, deals, properties, owners, and the attributes and keys that relate these tables such as employee name, location, and property ID. Copyright information is repeated throughout.
This document discusses database design using Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs). It covers how to draw ERDs using Chen's Model and Crow's Foot notations and define the basic elements of ERDs. Conversion rules are presented to convert ERDs into relational tables for one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many relationships. An example is given to demonstrate drawing an ERD for a company database and converting it into relational tables.
This document provides examples of entity-relationship diagrams (ERDs) for various scenarios. The examples cover relationships between professors and classes, courses and classes, invoices and products, customers and items purchased, departments and projects, orders and parts, equipment faults, students and subjects, painters and paintings, car models and parts, university faculties and courses.
The document provides information about entity relationship diagrams (ERDs), including their objectives, components, and how to create them. An ERD is a graphical tool for modeling data and relationships between entities in a database. It identifies the key entities, attributes, and relationships. The summary includes steps to develop an ERD: 1) identify entities, 2) find relationships between entities, 3) draw a rough ERD, 4) define cardinalities, 5) identify primary keys, 6) map attributes to entities, 7) draw a fully attributed ERD, and 8) check the results. An ERD serves to document and communicate the logical structure of a database.
SQL Stored Procedures For My Library ProjectRick Massouh
This document contains the code for several stored procedures used in a library database:
1) It defines procedures for adding adult members, adding items/copies to the library catalog, checking items in and out, and retrieving member and item loan information.
2) The procedures perform validation checks and make transactions atomic by committing or rolling back based on the success of data modifications.
3) Stored procedures streamline common database tasks, promote consistency, and help enforce data integrity constraints for the library application.
ER DIAGRAM TO RELATIONAL SCHEMA MAPPING ARADHYAYANA
1) Entity types from ER diagrams are converted to tables, with attributes becoming columns and the entity's key becoming the primary key. Multi-valued attributes become separate tables linked by foreign keys.
2) Weak entities become tables with a composite primary key of the strong entity's primary key and the weak entity's key.
3) Relationships are represented by either adding foreign keys between tables or creating a separate table for many-to-many relationships containing foreign keys from the related tables.
This document presents a proposal for developing a computerized reservation system for Hotel Oak-Ray Kandy to replace their current manual system. The objectives are to save time, provide quick service for guests, and develop databases to store guest details. The current manual system requires significant effort for file security and storage. The proposed system will use a waterfall development methodology and include features like guest registration, room booking, and reservation confirmation online or by phone. It will follow design documentation practices like a context diagram, data flow diagram, use case diagram, ER diagram, and interface prototypes. The system requirements specify needed hardware, software, and security considerations.
The document discusses entity relationship diagrams and database design. It defines key concepts such as entities, attributes, relationships and cardinalities. Entities can have single-valued or multi-valued attributes. Relationships connect entities and can be one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, or many-to-many. Primary keys uniquely identify entities and foreign keys define relationships between entities. Together these elements form a conceptual model of entities and their relationships within a database.
WBC Entity Relationship and data flow diagramsArshitSood3
This document provides information on entity relationship diagrams (ERDs) and data flow diagrams (DFDs). It defines ERDs and DFDs, lists their key components and symbols. For ERDs, it explains entities, attributes, relationships and provides examples of how to create a simple ERD. For DFDs, it defines the symbols used including external entities, processes, data stores and data flows. It also provides guidelines for developing effective diagrams.
The document discusses database design process which can be broken down into 5 phases - planning, analysis, design, implementation and maintenance. It describes the conceptual, logical and physical data models. The conceptual model involves entities, attributes and relationships. The logical model maps the conceptual model to tables, fields, primary and foreign keys. The physical model deals with data storage and access. The document also covers entity relationship diagrams, normalization forms and tips for effective ER diagrams.
The document provides an overview of conceptual database design using entity-relationship (ER) modeling. It defines key concepts in ER diagrams like entities, attributes, relationships and their cardinalities. It explains how to model different relationship types like one-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-many. It also covers advanced topics such as weak entities, generalization, specialization and aggregation. The overall purpose is to illustrate how ER diagrams can be used to design databases by visually representing the entities, attributes, and relationships in a domain.
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The document discusses conceptual database design using the entity-relationship model. It provides an overview of the database design process and introduces key concepts of the ER model including entities, attributes, relationships and entity types. It then presents an example database for a company (COMPANY) and develops the initial entity types and relationships for the conceptual design using ER diagram notation. The entity types include DEPARTMENT, PROJECT, EMPLOYEE and DEPENDENT and the relationship types include WORKS_ON and MANAGES.
Introduction to Database Management Systems Reem Sherif
The document provides an introduction and overview of database management systems (DBMS) including basic concepts, structured query language (SQL), and non-SQL databases. It outlines a course agenda covering these topics over two days, and then delves into explanations of key concepts such as the file-based system approach and its limitations, definitions of database terminology, database users, database system architecture, data models, and entity relationship modeling. Examples are also provided to illustrate database design and entity relationship diagrams.
This document discusses entity-relationship (ER) modeling and ER diagrams. It defines key concepts such as entities, attributes, relationships, and cardinalities. It explains how ER diagrams visually represent these concepts using symbols like rectangles, diamonds, and lines. The document also covers ER diagram notation for different types of attributes, keys, roles, and relationship cardinalities. The goal of ER modeling and diagrams is to conceptualize a database without technical details.
The document discusses data modeling and the entity-relationship (ER) model. It defines key concepts like the ER model, entities, attributes, relationships and keys. The ER model is used to develop a conceptual design for a database through entity-relationship diagrams. These diagrams show entities, attributes and relationships. Entities can have primary keys, foreign keys and other types of keys to uniquely identify records. The ER model provides a high-level view of data that is later mapped to relational database schemas.
The document provides an overview of entity-relationship (ER) modeling and diagramming. It discusses key concepts like entities, attributes, relationships, cardinalities, keys, and weak entities. It also covers ER diagram components and symbols, including rectangles for entities, diamonds for relationships, and lines connecting them. The document aims to illustrate how ER diagrams define relationships between entities and help incorporate those relationships into the database design process.
The document discusses the entity-relationship (ER) model for conceptual database design. It describes the basic constructs of the ER model including entities, attributes, relationships, keys, and various modeling choices. The ER model is useful for capturing the semantics of an application domain and producing a conceptual schema before logical and physical design.
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The document discusses the process of database design and the entity-relationship (E-R) model. It covers the conceptual, logical, and physical design phases. It also explains the key concepts of the E-R model including entities, attributes, relationships, keys, and cardinality constraints. E-R diagrams provide a way to visually represent an enterprise schema using these basic E-R modeling elements and their relationships.
1) The document describes an entity-relationship (ER) diagram for a university database. It identifies the main entities as Department, Course, Module, Lecturer, and Student.
2) The key relationships are that a Department offers multiple Courses, a Course includes multiple Modules, a Lecturer teaches multiple Modules, and a Student enrolls in a Course and takes the Modules required to complete it.
3) The document explains the different components of an ER diagram, including entities, relationships, attributes, keys, and relationship types (one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many). It provides examples of how to map an ER diagram to database tables.
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2. Objectives
• Define terms related to entity relationship
modeling, including entity, entity instance,
attribute, relationship and cardinality, and
primary key.
• Describe the entity modeling process.
• Discuss how to draw an entity relationship
diagram.
• Describe how to recognize entities,
attributes, relationships, and cardinalities.
3. Database Model
A database can be modeled as:
– a collection of entities,
– relationship among entities.
Database systems are often modeled using
an Entity Relationship (ER) diagram as the
"blueprint" from which the actual data is
stored — the output of the design phase.
4. Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)
• ER model allows us to sketch database designs
• ERD is a graphical tool for modeling data.
• ERD is widely used in database design
• ERD is a graphical representation of the logical
structure of a database
• ERD is a model that identifies the concepts or
entities that exist in a system and the
relationships between those entities
5. Purposes of ERD
An ERD serves several purposes
• The database analyst/designer gains a
better understanding of the information to
be contained in the database through the
process of constructing the ERD.
• The ERD serves as a documentation tool.
• Finally, the ERD is used to communicate
the logical structure of the database to
users. In particular, the ERD effectively
communicates the logic of the database to
users.
6. Components of an ERD
An ERD typically consists of four different
graphical components:
1. Entity
2. Relationship
3. Cardinality
4. Attribute
7. Classification of Relationship
• Optional Relationship
– An Employee may or may not be assigned
to a Department
– A Patient may or may not be assigned to a
Bed
• Mandatory Relationship
– Every Course must be taught by at least
one Teacher
– Every mother have at least a Child
8. Cardinality Constraints
Express the number of entities to which another
entity can be associated via a relationship set.
• Cardinality Constraints - the number of instances
of one entity that can or must be associated with
each instance of another entity.
• Minimum Cardinality
– If zero, then optional
– If one or more, then mandatory
• Maximum Cardinality
– The maximum number
9. Cardinality Constraints (Contd.)
• For a binary relationship set the mapping
cardinality must be one of the following types:
–One to one
• A Manager Head one Department and vice versa
–One to many ( or many to one)
• An Employee Works in one Department or One
Department has many Employees
–Many to many
• A Teacher Teaches many Students and A student
is taught by many Teachers
11. Cardinality Constraints Example
• In our model, we wish to indicate that each
school may enroll many students, or may not
enroll any students at all.
• We also wish to indicate that each student
attends exactly one school. The following
diagram indicates this optionality and
cardinality:
12. Cardinality Constraints Example (Contd.)
SCHOOL
STUDENT
Each school enrolls
at least zero
and at most many
students
Each student attends
at least one
and at most one
school
13. General Steps to create an ERD
• Identify the entity
• Identify the entity's attributes
• Identify the Primary Keys
• Identify the relation between entities
• Identify the Cardinality constraint
• Draw the ERD
• Check the ERD
15. Developing an ERD
The process has ten steps:
1. Identify Entities
2. Find Relationships
3. Draw Rough ERD
4. Fill in Cardinality
5. Define Primary Keys
6. Draw Key-Based ERD
7. Identify Attributes
8. Map Attributes
9. Draw fully attributed ERD
10. Check Results
16. A Simple Example
A company has several departments. Each
department has a supervisor and at least one
employee. Employees must be assigned to at
least one, but possibly more departments. At
least one employee is assigned to a project,
but an employee may be on vacation and not
assigned to any projects. The important data
fields are the names of the departments,
projects, supervisors and employees, as well
as the supervisor and employee number and a
unique project number.
17. Identify entities
• One approach to this is to work through the
information and highlight those words which you think
correspond to entities.
• A company has several departments. Each
department has a supervisor and at least one
employee. Employees must be assigned to at least
one, but possibly more departments. At least one
employee is assigned to a project, but an employee
may be on vacation and not assigned to any projects.
The important data fields are the names of the
departments, projects, supervisors and employees, as
well as the supervisor and employee number and a
unique project number.
• A true entity should have more than one instance
18. Find Relationships
• Aim is to identify the associations, the
connections between pairs of entities.
• A simple approach to do this is using a
relationship matrix (table) that has rows and
columns for each of the identified entities.
19. Find Relationships (Contd.)
• Go through each cell and decide whether or not
there is an association. For example, the first cell
on the second row is used to indicate if there is a
relationship between the entity "Employee" and
the entity "Department".
20. Identified Relationships
Names placed in the cells are meant to
capture/describe the relationships. So you
can use them like this
• A Department is assigned an employee
• A Department is run by a supervisor
• An employee belongs to a department
• An employee works on a project
• A supervisor runs a department
• A project uses an employee
21. Draw Rough ERD
Draw a diagram and:
• Place all the entities in rectangles
• Use diamonds and lines to represent the
relationships between entities.
• General Examples
25. Fill in Cardinality
• Supervisor
– Each department has one supervisor.
• Department
– Each supervisor has one department.
– Each employee can belong to one or more departments
• Employee
– Each department must have one or more employees
– Each project must have one or more employees
• Project
– Each employee can have 0 or more projects.
26. Fill in Cardinality (Contd.)
The cardinality of a relationship can only
have the following values
–One and only one
–One or more
–Zero or more
–Zero or one
28. Cardinality Examples
A
A
A
A
B
B
B
B
Each instance of A is related to a minimum of
zero and a maximum of one instance of B
Each instance of B is related to a minimum of
one and a maximum of one instance of A
Each instance of A is related to a minimum of
one and a maximum of many instances of B
Each instance of B is related to a minimum of
zero and a maximum of many instances of A
34. Identify Attributes
• In this step we try to identify and name all the attributes
essential to the system we are studying without trying to
match them to particular entities.
• The best way to do this is to study the forms, files and reports
currently kept by the users of the system and circle each data
item on the paper copy.
• Cross out those which will not be transferred to the new
system, extraneous items such as signatures, and constant
information which is the same for all instances of the form
(e.g. your company name and address). The remaining
circled items should represent the attributes you need. You
should always verify these with your system users.
(Sometimes forms or reports are out of date.)
• The only attributes indicated are the names of the
departments, projects, supervisors and employees, as well
as the supervisor and employee NUMBER and a unique
project number.
35. Map Attributes
• For each attribute we need to match it with exactly
one entity. Often it seems like an attribute should
go with more than one entity (e.g. Name). In this
case you need to add a modifier to the attribute
name to make it unique (e.g. Customer Name,
Employee Name, etc.) or determine which entity an
attribute "best' describes.
• If you have attributes left over without
corresponding entities, you may have missed an
entity and its corresponding relationships. Identify
these missed entities and add them to the
relationship matrix now.
38. Check ERD Results
• Look at your diagram from the point of view of
a system owner or user. Is everything clear?
• Check through the Cardinality pairs.
• Also, look over the list of attributes associated
with each entity to see if anything has been
omitted.
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