The database environment refers to the type of configuration used to populate and create the application. A database includes items such as text, images and graphics associated with a record. The main purpose of a database is to collect and organize that data. The environment to be designed is one to store and retrieve data in a way it can be easily organized. For the purpose of this assignment the database environment will be a series of tables which store customer, sales order, purchase order and various status point information. This data will then be used for a series of reports to demonstrate status of the purchase order as it flows through the system. The overall goal is to be able to provide the customer an accurate status of their purchase order that is submitted electronically.…
The project for CIS336 is designed to touch all aspects of the fundamental concepts of database design and logical data modeling covered during the class. The project is team centered and each team will be responsible for designing, developing, and demonstrating the functionality of a database created based on a defined set of business specifications. At the end of the session, each project team will submit the database designed by the team and demonstrate the database's ability to deliver the required information as outlined in the project specifications. All aspects of the project will be ...…
This course covers database concepts. Topics include data analysis, the principal data models with emphasis on the relational model, entity-relationship diagrams, database design, normalization, and database administration.…
This exercise will introduce you to the basic building blocks of any database – fields, records, and files (also called tables). Although you will create a database with a single table containing a small amount of data about computer vendors, the more applicable use of databases involves the creation of many tables linked together with a common field or “key.” Regardless of the size of the database, the data is stored in the same way – in fields which are combined to create a record. And those records are stored in a file or table. The data is entered into the field via a data entry form, and the information is extracted (to answer a particular question or need) via reports and/or queries.…
Database systems are a way to collect and store large amounts of data. Essentially, database are electronic filing systems that store raw data to be later retrieved as useable information (Skillport, ). Using such a tool simplifies the filing and storage of all sorts of information used by businesses today. A common type of database is a customer/inventory database. Different tables store customer information, past customer orders, inventory counts and distributor information and then this information can be cross-referenced for following inventory pathways.…
Data mining uses business intelligence tools and techniques on a variety of data sources brought together in a data warehouses. true…
Nickerson, R.C. (2001). Information systems stored data. [UOP Custom Edition Series]. Information Technology. (pp. 63-89). Boston, MA: Pearson custom publishing.…
A database defines a structure for storing information and it collects information that is organized in such a way that a computer program can quickly select desired pieces of data. A database can also be thought of as an electronic filing system. Data and information are extracted from a database by creating a query and then submitting it to the query database management system (DBMS) and it is posed in a language that only the DBMS can understand. The query can be in the form of a question or just a keyword and once these queries run against the database, it will find a matching record (Reynolds, 2004) .…
This course covers the concepts of databases and data base usage, database system concepts and architecture, data modeling using the entity-relationship model, record storage and primary file organizations, index structures for files, relational model concepts, SQL-the relational database standard, relational database design , examples of relational database management systems: Oracle, database design, database recovery techniques, database security and authorization, data warehousing and data mining.…
This paper will compare and contrast five different database management systems on six criteria. The database management systems (DBMS) that will be discussed are SQL Server 2000, Access, MySQL, DB2, and Oracle. The criteria that will be compared are the systems ' functionality, the requirements that must be met to run the DBMS, the expansion capabilities if it is able to expand to handle more data over time, the types of companies that typically use each one, the normal usage of the DBMS, and the costs associated with implementing the DBMS.…
This paper will discuss the implementation, use of an enterprise DBMS, the advantages and disadvantages of an enterprise DBMS. A database management system , or DBMS, gives the user access to their data and helps them transform the raw data into information. The DBMS is just a collection of programs that manages the database structure and controls access to the data stored in the database. These systems allow users to create, update, and extract information from their databases. When the mainframes dominated enterprise computing, the DBMS architecture was simpler concern. Mostly everything ran on the mainframe and that was that. Even for a mainframe DBMS implementation, the overall architecture will likely consist of multiple platforms and interpreting pieces of system software. Information technology experts should include database resource management representatives including data administrators, database administrators, and system administrators.…
Database security is a growing concern evidenced by an increase in the number of reported incidents of loss of or unauthorized exposure to sensitive data. As the amount of data collected, retained and shared electronically expands, so does the need to understand database security. The…
Databases are important to businesses for several reasons. To boost operations they use communications, web, and database technologies. Databases are key in all functions relating to information storage and retrieval, and assists with marketing, customers service, financials, and logistics. They are also essential in the creation and maintenance of records for continuous usage and to generate reports from this information. For example, a company could store all customer information and ordering data in Access to use for creating queries and tables to base reports on, supplying them an easy efficient way for entering, and storing data for reports such as invoices.…
In a database system, the data is managed by the DBMS and all access to the data is through the DBMS providing a key to effective data processing. This contrasts with conventional data processing systems where each application program has direct access to the data it reads or manipulates. In a conventional DP system, an organization is likely to have several files of related data that are processed by several different application programs.…
Beginning VB 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional Copyright © 2008 by Vidya Vrat Agarwal and James Huddleston…