Chapter 2 : Database Environment
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of this chapter, students will be able to: Describe ANSI/SPARC Architecture Described roles in database environment Describe data models & conceptual modeling
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Objectives of Three-Level Architecture
All users should be able to access same data. A user's view is immune to changes made in other views. Users should not need to know physical database storage details.
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Objectives of Three-Level Architecture
DBA should be able to change database storage structures without affecting the users' views. Internal structure of database should be unaffected by changes to physical aspects of storage.
DBA should be able to change conceptual structure of database without affecting all users.
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ANSI-SPARC Three-Level Architecture
ANSI - American National Standards Institute SPARC - Standards Planning and Requirements Committee
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ANSI-SPARC Three-Level Architecture
External Level Users view of the database. Describes that part of database that is relevant to a particular user. Conceptual Level Community view of the database. Describes what data is stored in database and relationships among the data. Internal Level Physical representation of the database on the computer. Describes how the data is stored in the database.
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Differences between Three Levels of ANSI-SPARC Architecture
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Data Independence and the ANSISPARC Three-Level Architecture
Data Independence: structure of organization and data format which are stored physically in storage are independent from its application.
Specifically, data independence means changes in storage structure and data access technique does NOT affect application program.
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Data Independence and the ANSISPARC Three-Level Architecture
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Data Independence
Logical Data Independence Refers to immunity of external schemas to changes in conceptual schema. Conceptual schema changes (e.g. addition/removal of entities). Should not require changes to external schema or rewrites of application programs.
Physical Data Independence Refers to immunity of conceptual schema to changes in the internal schema. Internal schema changes (e.g. using different file organizations, storage structures/devices). Should not require change to conceptual or external schemas.
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Roles in the Database Environment
Data Administrator (DA) Database Administrator (DBA) Database Designers (Logical and Physical) Application Programmers End Users (naive and sophisticated)
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Database Languages
Data Definition Language (DDL)
Allows the DBA or user to describe and name entities, attributes, and relationships required for the application plus any associated integrity and security constraints.
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Data Manipulation Language (DML)
Provides basic data manipulation operations on data held in the database. allows user to tell system exactly how to manipulate data.
allows user to state what data is needed rather than how it is to be retrieved.
Procedural DML
Non-Procedural DML
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Database Languages
Fourth Generation Language (4GL)
Query Languages Forms Generators Report Generators Graphics Generators Application Generators
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Data Model
Integrated collection of concepts for describing data, relationships between data, and constraints on the data in an organization. Data Model comprises: a structural part; a manipulative part; possibly a set of integrity rules.
Purpose To represent data in an understandable way.
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Data Models
Categories of data models include: Object-based Record-based Physical.
Object-Based Data Models Entity-Relationship Semantic Functional Object-Oriented.
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Data Models
Record-Based Data Models Relational Data Model Network Data Model Hierarchical Data Model.
Physical Data Models
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Conceptual Modelling
Conceptual schema is the core of a system supporting all user views. Should be complete and accurate representation of an organizations data requirements. Conceptual modeling is process of developing a model of information use that is independent of implementation details. Result is a conceptual data model.
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Functions of a DBMS
Data Storage, Retrieval, and Update. A User-Accessible Catalog. Transaction Support. Concurrency Control Services. Recovery Services.
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Functions of a DBMS
Authorization Services. Support for Data Communication. Integrity Services. Services to Promote Data Independence.
Utility Services.
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Components of a DBMS
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Components of Database Manager (DM)
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END OF CHAPTER 2
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