Fall 2014, project
• Go to https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html
• Install a MySQL, Apache, PHP stack
• Go to http://localhost/XAMPP
• Go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
• Note, you can also get stacks at:
• The mac app store - MAMP stack
• Bitnami.org – WAMP and MAMP
XAMPP (or other stack)
• Design a database
• Create your tables un-normalized
• There must be transitive FDs in each original table
• There must be at least one pair of MVDs in the original schema
(in the same table)
• Create at least 10 tables with at least six fields in each table
• Normalize your tables into 4NF
• Most of your tables should be involved in PK/FK
relationships
Project requirements
• Create your database
• Populate your tables with INSERT commands
• Write queries that do the following (at least one of each)
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A simple SELECT FROM WHERE
A SELECT FROM WHERE ORDER BY
A SELECT FROM WHERE ORDER BY LIMIT
A SELECT FROM WHERE with an implied join
A SELECT FROM WHERE GROUP BY
A SELECT FROM WHERE GROUP BY HAVING
Using PHPMyAdmin
• A SELECT FROM WHERE with two implied joins, a MAX
function, an AVG function, and at least two levels of
parentheses embedding in the where clause (i.e., a very nontrivial where clause)
• A SELECT FROM WHERE with a NOT operator and an IN
operator, and a nested query
• A SET command and a nontrivial WHERE clause
• An UPDATE with a nontrivial WHERE clause
• A CREATE USER
• A DROP USER
• A START TRANSACTION and a ROLLBACK
Using PHPMyAdim,
continued
• You will run your queries manually for the grader
• All queries must compile and run properly – the grader will
be there on the day of the final for demos
• You will send to the grader via email your pre-normalized
schema and your schema in 4NF, as well as show them to
him on the day of the final
• You will also send the grader the text of all your SQL
queries (including the ones making tables and doing
updates/inserts).
For ugrads &
grad students
• Create a web page interface to your set of queries so that
queries can be chosen from a menu and then run
• The interface will show the growing schema as tables are
created
• For read only queries: The web page interface will display
the result of each query, including table names, attribute
names, and the tuples returned
• For queries that update tables: The interface will show all
updated tuples
For grad students
(or extra credit for ugrads)