A Practical Guide to Database Design

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Introduction
Author
CHAPTER 1: Overview of Databases
	1.1 WHAT’S A “DATABASE”?
	1.2 GUARANTEED ACCURACY AND AVAILABILITY OF DATA
		1.2.1 Atomicity
		1.2.2 Consistency
		1.2.3 Isolation
		1.2.4 Durability
	1.3 DYNAMIC ALTERATION OF DESIGN
	1.4 DYNAMIC QUERIES—ANY DATA, ANY TIME
	1.5 REFERENTIAL INTEGRITY ENFORCEMENT
	1.6 BACKUP/RECOVERY
	1.7 FAILOVER
	1.8 TYPICAL INSTALLATION
	QUESTIONS
	REFERENCES
CHAPTER 2: Data Normalization
	2.1 INTRODUCTION
	2.2 THE LANGUAGE OF NORMALIZATION
	2.3 CREATING THE ENTITY/ATTRIBUTE LIST
		2.3.1 The Order Entry Model
	2.4 CLEANING UP THE ENTITY/ATTRIBUTE LIST
		2.4.1 Problem Type 1—Synonyms
		2.4.2 Problem Type 2—Homonyms
		2.4.3 Problem Type 3—Redundant Information
		2.4.4 Problem Type 4—Mutually Exclusive Data
		2.4.5 Problem Type 1—Synonyms
		2.4.6 Problem Type 2—Homonyms
		2.4.7 Problem Type 3—Redundant Information
		2.4.8 Problem Type 4—Mutually Exclusive Data
	2.5 NORMALIZATION
		2.5.1 First Normal Form
			2.5.1.1 Requirement 1—Keys to Create Uniqueness
			2.5.1.2 Requirement 2—Attributes Can Have Only One Value
		2.5.2 Second Normal Form
		2.5.3 Third Normal Form
	2.6 CREATING THE DATA MODEL
	2.7 FOURTH NORMAL FORM
	2.8 FIFTH NORMAL FORM
	QUESTIONS
	REFERENCES
CHAPTER 3: Database Implementation
	3.1 LOGICAL TO PHYSICAL DESIGN
	3.2 USAGE PATH ANALYSIS
	3.3 TABLE KEY AND COLUMN DATA TYPES
	3.4 INDEXES
	3.5 TABLE CREATION
		3.5.1 Using Microsoft Access
		3.5.2 Using SQL Server
		3.5.3 Using Oracle
	QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 4: Normalization and Physical Design Exercise
	4.1 INTRODUCTION
	4.2 CREATING THE ENTITY/ATTRIBUTE LIST
	4.3 MOVING TO THIRD NORMAL FORM
	4.4 THE PHYSICAL DATA MODEL
	QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 5: The erwin Data Modeling Tool
	5.1 WHAT IS A DATA MODELING TOOL?
	5.2 WHY DO I NEED A DATA MODELING TOOL?
	5.3 REVERSE ENGINEERING
	5.4 CHANGE MANAGEMENT
	5.5 DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL ERWIN TRIAL SOFTWARE
	5.6 CREATE THE UNIVERSITY LOGICAL DATA MODEL
	5.7 CREATE THE UNIVERSITY PHYSICAL DATA MODEL
	5.8 CREATE AN SQL SERVER UNIVERSITY DATABASE
	QUESTIONS
	REFERENCE
CHAPTER 6: Using Microsoft Access
	6.1 OVERVIEW
	6.2 MODIFICATIONS TO THE DATABASE DESIGN
	6.3 LOADING DATA INTO TABLES
	6.4 CREATING QUERIES
		6.4.1 Create a Customer-Credit_Card Query
		6.4.2 Create a Query Using SQL Commands
		6.4.3 Filtering Query Results
	6.5 USING FORMS
		6.5.1 Create a Form to Update Advertised_Items
		6.5.2 Create a Form to Add a New Customer
		6.5.3 Generating a Master Screen for Users
	6.6 GENERATING REPORTS
		6.6.1 Using Reports to View a Customer Order
	6.7 DEPLOYING ACCESS FOR A TEAM OF USERS
		6.7.1 Linking to an SQL Server or Oracle Database
	6.8 THE ROLE OF PASS-THROUGH QUERIES
	QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 7: Using SQL Server
	7.1 OVERVIEW
		7.1.1 Advantages
		7.1.2 Change Management for SQL Server
	7.2 DATABASE CREATION/INSTALLATION
		7.2.1 Installation Planning
		7.2.2 Software Installation
	7.3 CREATING DATABASES
		7.3.1 Create an SQLSvrLogs Database
		7.3.2 Create the University Database
			7.3.2.1 Table Definitions
			7.3.2.2 Creating Indexes
			7.3.2.3 Index Maintenance
			7.3.2.4 Referential Integrity Constraints
	7.4 USER ROLES
	7.5 AUTHORIZED USERS
	7.6 BACKUP/RECOVERY
	7.7 LOADING DATA INTO TABLES
	7.8 CREATING VIEWS
	7.9 MANUAL QUERIES AND EDITS
	7.10 USING STORED PROCEDURES
	7.11 USING SQL SERVER AGENT
	QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 8: Using Perl to Extract and Load Data
	8.1 WHY PERL?
	8.2 PERL VERSUS PYTHON
	8.3 WINDOWS VERSUS UNIX
	8.4 REVIEW KEY MATCHING FEATURES
	8.5 MONITOR SQL SERVER LOGS
	8.6 MONITORING WINDOWS LOGS
	8.7 OTHER APPLICATIONS AND USES
	8.8 LOADING DATA INTO TABLES
	8.9 SUMMARY
	QUESTIONS
	REFERENCE
CHAPTER 9: Building User Interfaces
	9.1 MICROSOFT ACCESS IN A TYPICAL OFFICE ENVIRONMENT
		9.1.1 General Capabilities
		9.1.2 Advantages
		9.1.3 Disadvantages
	9.2 USE MICROSOFT ACCESS AS GUI
		9.2.1 General Capabilities
		9.2.2 Advantages
		9.2.3 Disadvantages
	9.3 .NET FRAMEWORK
		9.3.1 General Capabilities
		9.3.2 Advantages
		9.3.3 Disadvantages
	9.4 PHP
		9.4.1 General Capabilities
		9.4.2 Advantages
		9.4.3 Disadvantages
	9.5 JAVA
		9.5.1 General Capabilities
		9.5.2 Advantages
		9.5.3 Disadvantages
	QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 10: Creating the University Database Application
	10.1 CREATE TABLES FOR UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT
	10.2 CREATE RELATIONSHIPS TO ENFORCE REFERENTIAL INTEGRITY
	10.3 DESIGN A SCREEN TO ADD NEW STUDENTS
	10.4 CREATE A SCREEN TO ENROLL STUDENTS IN A CLASS
	10.5 CREATE A SCREEN TO ASSIGN GRADES
	10.6 CREATE SCREENS TO ENTER MIDTERM AND FINAL GRADES
	10.7 CREATE A “MAIN” MENU
	10.8 DEVELOPING APPLICATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS
	QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 11: PHP Implementation and Use
	11.1 WHY PHP?
	11.2 SYSTEM COMPONENTS
	11.3 DESIGN OF WEB-BASED INTERFACE
		11.3.1 User Logon Options
		11.3.2 User Authentication
		11.3.3 Home Page User Options
		11.3.4 Review/Check Warning Records
		11.3.5 Review/Check Error Records
	11.4 SCRIPT LOGIC
		11.4.1 Warning Records Logic
		11.4.2 Error Records Logic
	QUESTIONS
	REFERENCES
APPENDIX A: WARNING MESSAGES
APPENDIX B: ERROR MESSAGES
APPENDIX C: UNIVERSITY DDL
APPENDIX D: SEARCH FOR TERMS
APPENDIX E: SQL SERVER LOG CHECK
INDEX