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Databases: Code Subject PE HI EN GG FR SC MA ICT DT RE

Your school keeps details of their teachers in a database. They use codes for some of the information. What do you think the advantages of storing data as a code might be?

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Databases: Code Subject PE HI EN GG FR SC MA ICT DT RE

Your school keeps details of their teachers in a database. They use codes for some of the information. What do you think the advantages of storing data as a code might be?

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DATABASES

Your school keeps details of their teachers in a database. They use codes for some of the information. A copy of their main table looks like the one below:
1 Jane Jones Simon Brown Judith Mathers Lois Burns Malcolm Field David Chase Margaret Foster Sally Chadwick Patrick Roylick Richard Brand 2 F M F F M M F F M M 3 PE HI EN GG FR SC MA ICT DT RE 4 F F F P F P P F F S 5 BA BA BA BEd PHD MSc BSc BSc MA MA

Some of the fields in this table might be a little hard to understand at first. The school have shortened the answers and made them into a code. What do you think the advantages of storing data as a code might be? The field headings should be: Name Gender Subject Full/Part time Qualification

Which subjects do you think these codes stand for :

Code PE HI EN GG FR SC MA ICT DT RE

Subject

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The codes for qualifications are: BSc = Batchelor of Science Bed = Batchelor of Education MSc = Master of Science Write the teachers qualifications in full BA = Batchelor of Arts PHD = Doctor of Philosophy MA = Master of Arts

Name Jane Jones Simon Brown Judith Mathers Lois Burns Malcolm Field David Chase Margaret Foster Sally Chadwick Patrick Roylick Richard Brand

Qualification

One piece of data is probably wrong in the database. Which one do you think it is? How many male teachers work at the school? How many female teachers work part time? Which teacher has an MSc and is male? Which teachers are female and have a BA? . The following teachers will be joining in September. Add their details to the database:

Mrs Gillian White who teaches science, works full time and has a Master of Science degree Mr Julian Waite who works part time teaching history and has a Batchelor of Arts degree Name Gender Subject Full/Part ti m e Qualification

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