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Objectives
1. Why do businesses have trouble finding the
information they need in their information
systems?
2. How does a database management system help
businesses improve the organization of their
information?
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3. How do the principal types of database models
affect the way businesses can access and use
information?
4. What are the managerial and organizational
requirements of a database environment?
5. What new tools and technologies can make
databases more accessible and useful?
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Management Challenges
1. Organizational obstacles to a database
environment
2. Cost/benefit considerations
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Organizing Data in a Traditional File Environment
File Organization Terms and Concepts
• Bit: Smallest unit of data; binary digit (0,1)
• Byte: Group of bits that represents a single
character
• Field: Group of words or complete number
• Record: Group of related fields
• File: Group of records of the same type
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File Organization Terms and Concepts
• Database: Group of related files
• Entity: Person, place, thing, or event about which
information must be kept
• Attribute: A piece of information describing a
particular entity
• Key field: Field that uniquely identifies every
record in a file
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The data hierarchy
Figure 7-1
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Entities and attributes
Figure 7-2
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Problems with the Traditional File Environment
• Data redundancy
• Program-data dependence
• Lack of flexibility
• Poor security
• Lack of data-sharing and availability
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Traditional file processing
Figure 7-3
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The Database Approach to Data Management
Database Management Systems
Database
• Collection of centralized data
• Controls redundant data
• Data stored so as to appear to users in one location
• Services multiple application
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The contemporary database environment
Figure 7-4
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Database Management Systems
Database Management System (DBMS)
• Creates and maintains databases
• Eliminates requirement for data definition
statements
• Acts as interface between application programs
and physical data files
• Separates logical and physical views of data
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Database Management Systems
Three Components to a DBMS
1. Data definition language: Formal language
programmers use to specify structure of database
2. Data manipulation language: For extracting data
from database, e.g. SQL
3. Data dictionary: Tool for storing, organizing
definitions of data elements and data
characteristics
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Sample data dictionary report
Figure 7-5
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Database Management Systems
How a DBMS Solves Problems of a
Traditional File Environment
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Reduces data redundancy
Eliminates data inconsistency
Uncouples programs from data
Increases access and availability of data
Allows central management of data, data use, and
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Types of Databases
Relational DBMS
• Represents data as two-dimensional tables called
relations
• Relates data across tables based on common data
element
• Examples: DB2, Oracle, MS SQL Server
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The relational data model
Figure 7-6
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Three Basic Operations in a Relational
Database
• Select: Creates subset of rows that meet specific
criteria
• Join: Combines relational tables to provide users
with information
• Project: Enables users to create new tables
containing only relevant information
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The three basic operations of a relational DBMS
Figure 7-7
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Types of Databases
Hierarchical DBMS
• Older system presenting data in tree-like structure
• Models one-to-many parent-child relationships
• Found in large legacy systems requiring intensive highvolume transactions: Banks; insurance companies
• Examples: IBMs IMS
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A hierarchical database for a human resources system
Figure 7-8
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Types of Databases
Network DBMS
• Older logical database model
• Models many-to-many parent-child relationships
• Example: Student – course relationship: Each
student has many courses; each course has many
students
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The network data model
Figure 7-9
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Types of Databases
Disadvantages of Hierarchical and
Network DBMS
• Outdated
• Less flexible compared to RDBMS
• Lack support for ad-hoc and English language-like
queries
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Types of Databases
Object-Oriented Databases (OODBMS)
• Stores data and procedures as objects
• Better able to handle graphics and recursive data
• Data models more flexible
• Slower than RDBMS
• Hybrid: object-relational DBMS
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Creating a Database Environment
Designing Databases
Two Design Exercises in Creating Database
• Conceptual (logical) design: Abstract model of
database from business perspective
• Physical design: How the database is actually
arranged on direct access storage devices
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Designing Databases
Conceptual Database Design
• Identifies relationships between data elements
• Identifies most efficient way to group data
elements
• Identifies redundant data elements
• Identifies grouping of data elements needed for
specific applications
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Designing Databases
Entity-Relationship Diagram
A methodology for documenting databases that
illustrates the relationship between various
elements in the database
Normalization
The process of creating small, stable, and adaptive
data structures from complex groups of data when
designing a relational database
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An entity-relationship diagram
Figure 7-10
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An unnormalized relation for ORDER
Figure 7-11
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A normalized relation for ORDER
Figure 7-12
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Distributing Databases
Distributed Database
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Partitioned or replicated to more than one location
Increases service and responsiveness
Reduces vulnerability of single, massive central site
Depend on telecommunication lines
Pose security risks through distribution of sensitive data
Central data must be updated or justified with local data
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Distributed databases
Figure 7-13
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Key organizational elements in the database environment
Figure 7-14
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Management Requirements for Database Systems
Data Administration
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Develop information policy
Define information requirements
Plan for data
Oversee logical database design and database
dictionary development
• Monitor use of information
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Data Planning and Modeling Methodology
• Enterprise-wide planning for data
• Identify key entities, attributes, and relationships
that constitute the organization’s data
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Management Requirements for Database Systems
Database Technology, Management,
and Users
• Databases require DBMS software and staff
• Database design group defines and organizes
structure and content of database
• Database administration: establish physical
database, logical relations, access rules
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Database Trends
Multidimensional Data Analysis
Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
• Multidimensional data analysis
• Enables users to view the same data in different
ways using multiple dimensions
• Each aspect of information – product, price,
region – represents a different dimension
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Multidimensional data model
Figure 7-15
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Data Warehouses and Datamining
• Data warehouse: Stores current and historical data
for reporting, analysis
• Data mart: Subset of data warehouse with
summary of data for specific users
• Datamining: Techniques to find hidden patterns,
relationships in large pools of data to infer rules
for predicting future trends
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Components of a data warehouse
Figure 7-16
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Data Warehouses and Datamining
Benefits of Data Warehouses
• Improved information and accessibility
• Ability to model and remodel data
• Enable access to data without affecting
performance of underlying operational legacy
systems
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Window on Management
Data Reveal New Sales Opportunities
• How did the use of data warehouses and
datamining help management at these companies
make better decisions?
• What value do these systems provide?
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Data Warehouses and Datamining
Hypermedia database
• Organizes data as network of nodes
• Links nodes in pattern specified by user
• Supports text, graphic, sound, video and
executable programs
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A hypermedia database
Figure 7-17
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Databases and the Web
Linking Internal Databases to the Web
• Database server:
– Hosts DBMS
– Receives SQL requests
– Provides required data
• Middleware:
– Works between Web server and DBMS to take requests
– Handles connectivity to database
– Can be application server or CGI scripts
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Linking internal databases to the Web
Figure 7-18
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Databases and the Web
Advantages to Web Access to Databases
• Browser software easy to use; little training
• Web interface requires no changes to internal
database
• Costs less than custom interfaces
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Window on Technology
Web Access for Royal Bank Statements
Pays Off
• What are the business benefits of providing a Web
interface for the Bankbook Reconstruct
application?
• What value does this application provide the
company and its customers?
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Database Woes Plague Homeland Security and Law Enforcement
1. Briefly summarize why it is important to
connect much of the data in many of the federal,
state, and local information systems.
2. Describe the major data management problems
in bringing these data together.
3. Describe the management, organization, and
technology issues that need to be addressed to
make these data easily available to those who
need it.
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4. Suppose you are a consultant to the federal
government. Based on what you have read in
this chapter, suggest and describe three
approaches you might recommend for making
this massive amount of data easily and quickly
available when needed.
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