Online Blood Bank

Mini Project Report submitted for the partial fulfillment

For the award of the degree of

 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the Project report entitled

being submitted for

the University of Madras, Chennai by

Reg.No.

_____ Class _____ done for the partial

fulfillment for the award of degree of Master of Science in Information

Technology. This is a Bonafide record of work done by him/her under my

guidance and supervision during the year 2003-2004.

Head of the Department Guide

Date:
Place:

Submitted for the Examination held on _________

Examiners:

1.

2.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
 The success accomplished in this project would not be possible but for the

timely help and guidance rendered by many people. I wish to express my sincere

and heartfelt gratitude to my personalities.

First and foremost, My Sincere thanks to the Respected Chairman

for all his efforts and administration in educating me in his premier Institution.

I wish to express my sincere thanks to Principal.,

for giving me this opportunity.

I wish to express my sincere thanks to the Hod

for giving me this opportunity.

I am thankful to Project guide who has been a source inspiration and has

encouraged me in carrying out this project.

I am thankful to, class tutor for helping me in completing my project.

I am thankful to our Department Staff who have given a lot number of

suggestions in carrying out my project.

I am thankful to my Parents and Friends for helping me in completing my

project.

DECLARATION
 I am bearing the Roll No., doing I here by declare that the project viz.

“ONLINE BLOOD BANK” has been completed by me during the Third Semester as per

partial completion of . I have taken up this project to satisfy my eagerness in

exploring the field of Web Designing and after the completion of the project I have

realized that it has come true.

Date:
Place:
 CONTENTS

1. Synopsis

2. Introduction
3. System Analysis
Preliminary Investigation
 Feasibility Study
 Technical Feasibility
 Operational Feasibility
 Economical Feasibility
Gathering Information
System Study
 Existing System
  Proposed System

4. System Requirements
Software Environment
Working Environment
 Hardware Configuration
 Software Configuration

5. System Design
System Flow Diagram
Data Flow Diagrams
Database Design
 Data Dictionary
Detailed Description
Screens

6. System Testing

7. Implementation and Evaluation

8. Conclusion with Future Enhancement

9. Bibliography
 SYNOPSIS

The number of persons who are in need of blood are increasing in large
number day by day. In order to help people who are in need of blood, my Online
Blood Bank can be used effectively for getting the details of blood donors having the
same blood group and with in the same city. With the help of my Online Blood Bank
people who are having the thought of donating blood gets registered in my Online
Blood Bank giving his total details.

My Online Blood Bank site is available to everyone easily. A person who likes
to donate blood gives his entire details i.e., fill in the registration form and can
create a username with a password by which he can modify his details if at all there
are any changes in his information given before.
 My site also helps people who are in need of blood by giving the details of the
donors by searching, if at all there are no donors having the same group and with in
their own city they will be given the addresses with phone numbers of some contact
persons in major cities who represent a club or an organization with free of cost. If
at all the people find any difficulty in getting blood from the contact persons we will
give them a MobiLink i.e., India’s Largest Paging Service number through which they
can give the message on every ones pagers with the blood group and city they are
living in, such that the donors who view the messages in their pagers having the
same blood group and the in the same city, he contacts the person on phone who
are in need of a blood. Such that the person gets help from us which saves his life.

The present project elucidates the following features.

 Registering the Donors

 Modification of Donor Information

 Searching a Donor

 Life Saving Contacts (in major cities)

 Mobilink Paging Services

 INTRODUCTION

System Development:

The process of building systems has always been complex with system
becoming larger, the costs and complexities get multiplied. So the need for better
methods for developing systems is widely recognized to be effective and the applied
model should meet a few basic requirements.
  The model should be structured and cover the entire system
development process from feasibility study to programming, testing
and implementation.

 The model should utilize established methods and techniques like

database designs, normalizations and structured programming
techniques.

 The model should consist of building blocks, which define tasks, results
and interfaces.

 The model should separate the logical system from the physical
system.

 Documentation should be a direct result of the development work and

should be concise, precise and as non-redundant as possible.

Based on the above requirements of the system model, system study has been

made. Various methodologies have been applied for system study, evolving design

documents, data modeling, input screen design and report design.

Project:

The persons who like to donate blood registers in my site as well as he can

modify the details if necessary, giving the Login Id and Password. The persons in

need of blood searches for the persons having the same blood group and with in the

city. If he found a donor in his city then he gets the total details of the donor, if he
doesn’t find any donor then he is given the contact numbers and addresses of the

Life Saving Contact Persons for major cities. If he doesn’t have any chance to

contact them then he will be provided with Mobilink Paging Services in order to get

the blood.
 SYSTEM ANALYSIS

Preliminary Investigation:

First in the system development process is preliminary Investigation.

Preliminary Investigation is conducted in the following phases.
  Project clarification

 Feasibility study

 Project appraisal

Project clarification is the process of selecting a project request for further

study. When a system development or modification request is made, the first
systems activity, the preliminary investigation, begins the activity has three parts:
Request clarification, feasibility study and project appraisal. Many request from
employees and users in organization are not clearly stated.
Therefore before any systems investigation can be considered, the project
request must be examined to determine preciously what the originator wants. This
is called Request clarification.
As important outcome of the preliminary investigation is the determination
that the system request in feasible.

Feasibility Study:

The feasibility study is performed to determine whether the proposed system

is viable considering the Technical, Operational and Economical factors. After going
through feasibility study we can have a clear-cut view of the system’s benefits and
drawbacks.

Technical Feasibility:

The proposed system is developed using PHP and HTML as front-end tool and
MySql as the back end. The proposed system needs a Personal Web Server to serve
the requests submitted by the users. The Web browser is used to view the web page
that is available within the Windows operating system itself. The proposed system
will run under Win9x, NT, and win2000 environment. As Windows is very user
friendly and GUI OS it is very easy to use. All the required hardware and software
are readily available in the market. Hence the system is technically feasible.
Operational Feasibility:

The proposed system is operationally feasible because of the following reasons.

 The customer is benefited more as most of his time is saved. The
customer is serviced at his place of work.

 The cost of the proposed system is almost negligible when compared

to the benefits gained.

Economical Feasibility:

As the necessary hardware and software are available in the market at a low
cost, the initial investment is the only cost incurred and does not need any further
enhancements. Hence it is economically feasible.

The system is feasible in all respects and hence it encourages taking up the
system design.

Gathering Information:

The analysis through collection of data plays the wider role in the analysis of
the system. So the data is collected at different levels of management to keep track
of full information of the system.
The collection of data is done from
Top Level Management
Middle Level Management
Low Level Management
Different methods used to collect the data:

Questioners:
The data is collected through questioners by filling a set of questions from the
different levels of management. The questions made by questioners are three
different types.
They are,
Structured questioners:
Unstructured questioners:
Semi-structured questioners:
Interviews:
Interviews were conducted to collect the information. The interviews were
conducted at two levels.
1. Formal Group Interviews: the interviews conducted for formal
groups i.e., the hierarchical (official) groups in the firm.
2. Informal Group Interviews: the interviews were conducted for
informal groups i.e., the groups formed out side the company.

Observation:

The data is also collected by observation of the firm. The data is collected by
observing on the site at different timings and at different situations like when the
firm is busy and when the firm hasn’t much work to do.

Record Review:

To collect the data and to get a clear idea of the firm some of the data is also
collected from the past records of the firm. This information helps very much to get a
clear idea of the firm i.e., the different problems occurred in different seasons and
some exception conditions. This very much gives a clear idea of exceptional
conditions.

System Study:

Present system:

There are certain features limiting the process of the present system.

The drawbacks of the present system are listed below.

 The increase in number of vehicles now a days.

 The increase in number of accidents now a days.

 The patients cannot get the information of donors easily.

Proposed system:
 The proposed system, Online Blood Bank site overcomes the drawbacks of the
present system. The Blood Bank helps the people who are in need of a blood by
giving them overall details regarding the donors with the same blood group and with
in their city.

The advantages of the proposed system are listed below.

 The people in need of blood can search for the donors by giving their
blood group and city name.

 It is very flexible and user friendly.

 The person’s time and work is reduced very much which prevails in
the present system.

 Easy and Helpful.

 The people are not limited to receive or provide services in working

hours of the branch only; he is serviced 24 hours a day, 7 days of
week and 365 days of the year.

Limitation:

 In this project the searching can be done for donors for majority of
cities but not for every city.

 In this project the contact person’s details are given for the limited
cities only.
 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Software Environment:
 Software Environment is a technical specification of requirement of software
product. This specifies the environment for development, operation and maintenance
of the product.

Technology used:

XAMPP
SQL
HTML
PHP

XAMPP:

XAMPP is one of the widely used cross-platform web servers, which helps developers to
create and test their programs on a local webserver. It was developed by the Apache
Friends, and its native source code can be revised or modified by the audience. It
consists of Apache HTTP Server, MariaDB, and interpreter for the different
programming languages like PHP and Perl. It is available in 11 languages and supported
by different platforms such as the IA-32 package of Windows & x64 package of macOS
and Linux.

What is XAMPP?
XAMPP is an abbreviation where X stands for Cross-Platform, A stands for Apache, M
stands for  MYSQL, and the Ps stand for PHP and Perl, respectively. It is an open-
source package of web solutions that includes Apache distribution for many servers and
command-line executables along with modules such as Apache server, MariaDB, PHP,
and Perl.

XAMPP helps a local host or server to test its website and clients via computers and
laptops before releasing it to the main server. It is a platform that furnishes a suitable
environment to test and verify the working of projects based on Apache, Perl, MySQL
database, and PHP through the system of the host itself. Among these
technologies, Perl is a programming language used for web development, PHP is a
backend scripting language, and MariaDB is the most vividly used database developed by
MySQL. The detailed description of these components is given below.
 Components of XAMPP
As defined earlier, XAMPP is used to symbolize the classification of solutions for
different technologies. It provides a base for testing of projects based on
different technologies through a personal server. XAMPP is an abbreviated form
of each alphabet representing each of its major components. This collection of
software contains a web server named Apache, a database management system
named MariaDB and scripting/ programming languages such as PHP and Perl.
X denotes Cross-platform, which means that it can work on different platforms
such as Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Many other components are also part of this collection of software and are
explained below.

1. Cross-Platform: 
Cross-Platform: Different local systems have different
configurations of operating systems installed in it. The component
of cross-platform has been included to increase the utility and
audience for this package of Apache distributions. It supports
various platforms such as packages of Windows, Linus, and MAC
OS.
2. Apache: 
Apache: It is an HTTP a cross-platform web server. It is used
worldwide for delivering web content. The server application has
made free for installation and used for the community of
developers under the aegis of Apache Software Foundation. The
remote server of Apache delivers the requested files, images, and
other documents to the user.
3. MariaDB: 
MariaDB: Originally, MySQL DBMS was a part of XAMPP, but now it
has been replaced by MariaDB. It is one of the most widely used
relational DBMS, developed by MySQL. It offers online services of
data storage, manipulation, retrieval, arrangement, and deletion.
4. PHP: 
PHP: It is the backend scripting language primarily used for web
development. PHP allows users to create dynamic websites and
applications. It can be installed on every platform and supports a
variety of database management systems. It was implemented
using C language. PHP stands for 
for Hypertext Processor.
Processor. It is said to
be derived from Personal Home Page tools, which explains its
simplicity and functionality.
 5. Perl: 
Perl: It is a combination of two high-level dynamic languages,
namely Perl 5 and Perl 6. Perl can be applied for finding solutions
for problems based on system administration, web development,
and networking. Perl allows its users to program dynamic web
applications. It is very flexible and robust.
6. phpMyAdmin: 
phpMyAdmin: It is a tool used for dealing with MariaDB. Its
version 4.0.4 is currently being used in XAMPP. Administration of
DBMS is its main role.
7. OpenSSL: 
OpenSSL: It is the open-source implementation of the Secure
Socket Layer Protocol and Transport Layer Protocol. Presently
version 0.9.8 is a part of XAMPP.
8. XAMPP Control Panel: 
Panel: It is a panel that helps to operate and
regulate upon other components of the XAMPP. Version 3.2.1 is
the most recent update. A detailed description of the control panel
will be done in the next section of the tutorial.
9. Webalizer: 
Webalizer: It is a Web Analytics software solution used for User
logs and provide details about the usage.
10. Mercury: 
Mercury: It is a mail transport system, and its latest version
is 4.62. It is a mail server, which helps to manage the mails across
the web.
11. Tomcat: 
Tomcat: Version 7.0.42 is currently being used in XAMPP. It
is a servlet based on JAVA to provide JAVA functionalities.
12. Filezilla: 
Filezilla: It is a File Transfer Protocol Server, which supports
and eases the transfer operations performed on files. Its recently
updated version is 0.9.41.

PHP:
PHP started out as a small open source project that evolved as more and more
people found out how useful it was. Rasmus Lerdorf unleashed the first version
of PHP way back in 1994.
 PHP is a recursive acronym for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor".
 PHP is a server side scripting language that is embedded in HTML. It is
used to manage dynamic content, databases, session tracking, even
build entire e-commerce sites.
 It is integrated with a number of popular databases, including MySQL,
PostgreSQL, Oracle, Sybase, Informix, and Microsoft SQL Server.
 PHP is pleasingly zippy in its execution, especially when compiled as an
Apache module on the Unix side. The MySQL server, once started,
executes even very complex queries with huge result sets in record-
setting time.
 PHP supports a large number of major protocols such as POP3, IMAP,
and LDAP. PHP4 added support for Java and distributed object
architectures (COM and CORBA), making n-tier development a possibility
for the first time.
 PHP is forgiving: PHP language tries to be as forgiving as possible.
 PHP Syntax is C-Like.

Common uses of PHP

 PHP performs system functions, i.e. from files on a system it can create,
open, read, write, and close them.
 PHP can handle forms, i.e. gather data from files, save data to a file,
through email you can send data, return data to the user.
 You add, delete, modify elements within your database through PHP.
 Access cookies variables and set cookies.
 Using PHP, you can restrict users to access some pages of your website.
 It can encrypt data.

Characteristics of PHP
Five important characteristics make PHP's practical nature possible −

 Simplicity
 Efficiency
 Security
 Flexibility
 Familiarity
SQL:

The name SQL stands for Structural Query Language. SQL is a data access
language, like any other language, it is used for communication. SQL communicates
with database manager. The database manager could be Oracle, Informix, DB2 and
SQL database. SQL is easy to learn. Despite the fact that SQL is a computer
programming language, it is much simpler than traditional programming language
like COBOL, BASIC, FORTRAN or API. This is due to the fact that SQL is a non-
procedural language.

SQL is one of the Oracle facilities. It is important to understand in each case

its differences, purpose and place in the Oracle family.

o SQL is the language used to access a relational database, including

Oracle.

o SQL May be used with each of the Oracle tools, where access to
the database is required.

Overview of SQL:

A database management system requires a query language to enable users to

access data. Structured Query Language (SQL – pronounced ‘sequel’) is the
language used by most relational database systems.

IBM developed the SQL language in a prototype relational database

management system –System R – in the mid-1970s. In 1979, Oracle Corporation
introduced the first commercially available implementation of SQL.

Features of SQL:

 SQL is an English-like language. It uses words such as select, insert,

delete as part of its command set.

 SQL is a non-procedural language: you specify what information you

require, not how to get it. In other words, SQL does not require you to
 specify the access method to the data. All SQL statements use the
query optimizer – a part of the RDBMS – to determine the fastest
means of retrieving the specified data. This feature makes it easier for
you to concentrate on obtaining the desired result.

 SQL processes sets of records rather than a single record at a time.

The most common form of a set of records is a table.

 A range of user including DBAs, application programmers,

management personnel, and many other types of end users can use
SQL.

 SQL provides commands for a variety of tasks including:

 Querying data

 Inserting, updating and deleting rows in a table

 Creating, modifying and deleting database objects

 Controlling access to the database and database objects

 Guaranteeing database consistency.

SQL Processing Capabilities:

SQL is composed of a definition language a Data Manipulation Language and a

Data Control Language. These three languages support the complete spectrum of
Relational Data processing activity. In fact most SQL based product all access to the
data through SQL.

1. Data Definition Language:

DDL allows creation, Deletion and Modification of data structure for bar
system. These structures include tables, databases and indexes.
Ex: Create, Drop and Alter.

2. Data Manipulation Language:

These commands are used to manipulate the data in tables directly or
through views. There are four standard DML statements. They are select, delete,
insert and update.
3. Data control language:
These commands are used to control usage and access of data. The most
commonly found one’s will include grant, revoke.

Why to Use?

Oracle greatly supports RDBMS features. Also it supports high security to the
data and faster accessing capability. It can be run on a variety of platforms and
operating systems. One can develop an application easily by providing user-friendly
environment.
The features of oracle are portability and compatibility.

HTML:

The extended reach of information and services to customers that the

Internet has enabled, has created a new challenge for the developer. The developer
should develop a user interface that is distributable, available on multiple platforms
and supports a wide range of client environments from handheld wireless devices to
high-end workstations. So to maintain a broad reach to client environments and to
achieve greatest compatibility with all browsers, this system uses standard HTML.

Hyper Text Markup Language is the standard language for creating

documents for the World Wide Web. An HTML document is a text file, which contains
the elements, in the form of tags that a web browser uses to display text,
multimedia objects, and hyperlinks using HTML; we can format a document for
display and add hyperlinks to other documents.

The user interface has been designed in HTML hence can be browsed in any
web browser.

Cascading Style Sheets:

These have been used to separate data form presentation. By using these
style sheets throughout the project, a uniform look and feel can be maintained for all
the HTML elements and tags that have been used in the project. If there is any
revamp the way the content has been presented in the website, the changes can be
made to the appropriate style sheet, which will be reflected across all the style
sheets.
 WORKING ENVIRONMENT

Hardware Configuration:

Processor : P IV 700 MHz.

RAM : 1 GB RAM

Hard Disk Drive : 40 GB HDD

Keyboard : 104 keys

Mouse : Logitech Mouse

Monitor : 17” digital color monitor

Display Type : VGA

Software Configuration:
Operating System : Windows 7

Web server : XAMPP

Web Browser : Google Chrome

Designing Tool : Dreamweaver3.0, HTML

Scripting : PHP

Backend : SQL
 SYSTEM DESIGN

Introduction to System Design:

System design is the process of planning a new system or to replace the

existing system. Simply, system design is like the blueprint for building, it specifies
all the features that are to be in the finished product.

System design phase follows system analysis phase. Design is concerned with
identifying functions, data streams among those functions, maintaining a record of
the design decisions and providing a blueprint the implementation phase.

Design is the bridge between system analysis and system implementation.

Some of the essential fundamental concepts involved in the design of application
software are:

 Abstraction

 Modularity

 Verification
 Abstraction is used to construct solutions to problem without having to
take account of the intricate details of the various component sub problems.
Abstraction allows system designer to make step-wise refinement, which at each
stage of the design may hide, unnecessary details associated with representation or
implementation from the surrounding environment.

Modularity is concerned with decomposing of main module into well-

defined manageable units with well-defined interfaces among the units. This
enhances design clarity, which in turn eases implementation, Debugging, Testing,
Documenting and Maintenance of the software product. Modularity viewed in this
sense is a vital tool in the construction of large software projects.

Verification is fundamental concept in software design. A design is verifiable

if it can be demonstrated that the design will result in implementation that satisfies
the customer’s requirements. Verification is of two types namely.

 Verification that the software requirements analysis satisfies

the customer’s needs.

 Verification that the design satisfies the requirement analysis.

Some of the important factors of quality that are to be considered in the

design of application software are:

Reliability:

The software should behave strictly according to the original specification and
should function smoothly under normal conditions.

Extensibility:

The software should be capable of adapting easily to changes in the

specification.

Reusability:

The software should be developed using a modular approach, which permits

modules to be reused by other application, if possible.

The System Design briefly describes the concept of system design and it
contains four sections. The first section briefly describes the features that the system
is going to provide to the user and the outputs that the proposed system is going to
offer.

The second section namely Logical Design describes the Data Flow Diagrams,
which show clearly the data movements, the processes and the data sources, and
sinks, E-R diagrams which represent the overall logical design of the database, and
high-level process structure of the system.

The process of design involves “conceiving and planning out in the mind” and
making a drawing pattern, or sketch of the system. In software design there are two
types of major activities, Conceptual Design and Detailed Design.

Conceptual or logical or external design of software involves conceiving,

planning out, and specifying the externally observable characteristics of a software
product. These characteristics include user displays, external data sources, functional
characteristics and high-level process structure for the product.

Details or internal design involves conceiving, planning out, and specifying the
internal structure and processing details of the software product. The goal of internal
design is to specify internal structure, processing details, blueprint of
implementation, testing, and maintenance activities.

One of the important fundamental concepts of software design is modularity.

A modularity system consists interfaces among the units. Modularity enhances
design clarity, which in turn eases implementation, debugging, testing,
documentation, and maintenance of the software product.

The other fundamental concepts of software design include abstraction,

structure, information hiding, concurrency and verification. The use of structuring
permits decomposition of a large system into smaller, more manageable units with
well-defined relationships to the other units. The system design is verifiable if it can
be demonstrated that the design will result in an implementation that satisfies the
customer’s requirements.

Preliminary Design:

Preliminary design is basically concerned with deriving an overall picture of

the system. Deriving entire system into modules and sub-modules while keeping
Cohesion and Coupling factors in mind. Tools, which assist in preliminary design
process, are Data Flow Diagrams.

Code design:

The purpose of code is to facilitate the identification and retrieval for items of
information. A code is an ordered collection of symbols designed to provide unique
identification of an entity or attribute. To achieve unique identification there must be
only one place where the identified entity or the attribute can be entered in the
code; conversely there must be a place in the code for every thing that is to be
identified. This mutually exclusive feature must be built into any coding system.

The codes for this system are designed with two features in mind. Optimum
human oriented use and machine efficiency. Length of the code range from length of
one to length of five characteristics:
 The code structure is unique; ensuring that only one value of
the code with a single meaning may be correctly applied to a given entity or
attributes.
 The code structure is expansible allowing for growth of its set of
entities and attributes.
 The code is concise and brief for recording, communication,
transmission and storage efficiencies.
 They have a uniform size and format.
 The codes are simple so that the user can easily understand it.
 The codes are also versatile i.e., it is easy to modify to reflect
necessary changers in condition, chart eristic and relationships of the encode
entities.
 The codes are also easily storable for producing reports in a
predetermined order of format.
 The codes are also stable and do not require being frequently
updated thereby promoting user efficiency.
 The codes are also meaningful.
 They are also operable i.e., they are adequate for present and
anticipate data processing both for machine and human use.

Input Design:
 Input design is a part of overall system design, which requires very careful
attention. The main objectives of input design are:
 To produce a cost-effective method of input.
 To achieve the highest possible level of accuracy.
 To ensure that the input is acceptable to and understood by the
user staff.
In this system input screens are designed very carefully so that no
inaccurate data will enter the database. The data is made as easy as possible. For
simplifying the data entry many facilities are given.

Each and every screen in this system is facilitated by many pushbuttons

so that the user can easily work with this system.

Output Design:

Outputs from computer systems are required primarily to communicate the

results of processing to users. They are also to provide a permanent hard copy of
these results for later consultation.
The various types of outputs are required by this system are given below:
 External outputs, whose destination is outside the concern and
which require special attention because they, project the image of the
concern.
 Internal outputs, whose destination is within the concern and
which require careful design because they are the user’s main interface within
the computer.
 Operation outputs, whose use is purely within the computer
department, E.g., program listings, usage statistics etc,
 Interactive outputs, which involves the user in communicating
directly with the computers.
 System - Flow Diagram:

Blood
Bank

Blood Blood
Donors Seekers

Donor
Registration
Search

Login Check
Life Mobilink
Saving Paging
Details Contacts Services
Modification

General FAQ’s Terms Of

Information Service
 Data - Flow Diagrams:

Context Level - DFD:

Blood Blood
Blood
Donors Seekers
Bank

I Level – DFD:

Registratio
n

Blood
Donors
Life Saving
Contacts

Blood
Bank

Mobilink
Paging
Blood
Services
Seekers

Search
 II Level – DFD:

Registratio
n

Blood
Donors
Life Saving
Contacts

Blood
Bank

Mobilink
Blood
Paging
Seekers
Services

Search

Receive
Donor
Details
 DATABASE DESIGN

Database is an integrated collection of data and provides a centralized access

to the data and makes possible to treat data as a separate resource. Usually
centralized data managing software is called a Relational Database Management
System (RDBMS). The most significant different between RDBMS and other type of
Data Management is the separation of data as seen by the program and data as
store of on the direct access storage device. This is the difference between logical
and physical data.

Data Dictionary:

The efficiency of an application developed using RDBMS mainly depend upon

the database tables, the fields in each table and the way the tables are opened using
the contents in them to retrieve the necessary information. Hence a careful selection
of tables and their fields are imperative.

The database tables used in this system are created keeping the above points
in mind. The tables used are given below.
Detailed Description:

My project Online Blood Bank is to provide services for the people who are in
need of blood by getting help from the donors who are interested in donating blood
for the people. This project mainly elucidates the modules such as:

 Donor Registration

 Modifying Donor Information

 Donor Search

 Life Saving Contacts (in major cities)

 Mobilink Paging Services

These modules can be explained in detail as follows:

Donor Registration:

In this module, people who are interested in donating blood get registered in
my site and give his overall details related to him, i.e. he fills in a registration form
by giving the total details such as name, address, city, sex, wt, dob, blood group,
telephone numbers, e-mail address, etc. He was also given two fields’ username and
password to fill such that he was a registered donor and he can enter the login form
with his username and password and can modify his details if needed.

Modifying Donor Information:

The registered donor only is able to modify his details; no other person can
modify his details as there was a login form which restricts others from entering the
username and password providing high security for the details given by the donor. If
at all the donor wants to modify his details, he was forced to give his username and
password to enter in. After giving the username and password it checks for the
donor whether he is an existing donor or not and if the username and password
matches, he can then able to modify his total details. If the username and password
do not exist then he gets a message as ‘Wrong ID and Password Entered, Try Again’.

Donor Search:

The people who are in need of blood can search in our site for getting the
details of donors having the same blood group and with in the same city. They can
directly click on the link search a donor and can select a city name as well as the
blood group which he needs. He then gets the details of the donors who exist with in
the city and the same blood group that he has selected. If no match was are found
for the city and group selected by him he gets a message ‘SORRY DONORS ARE NOT
AVAILABE WITH THE FOLLOWING BLOOD GROUP AND AREA’.

Life Saving Contacts:

If at all the people in search of a donor doesn’t get any match for their area
and group then they will be provided a service i.e. he will be given a Contact Person
details for their near by cities who have the details of many other donors with him.
The people in search can call him and can get the details of the donors and can be
provided services in this manner. But this life saving contact persons can be
available only for a limited number of cities but not for all. These contact persons
are the authorized persons of my blood bank.

Mobilink Paging Services:

If at all the person in search of blood has found any problem in contacting the
life saving contacts i.e. the contact persons, he was provided with a service called
‘Mobilink Paging Service’. The person in search of blood was given a ‘Mobilink’
India’s Largest Paging Service number such that the person who was searching can
call the paging service number and can tell them the blood group needed and the
total details from where they are contacting. Then the ‘Mobilink’ will broadcast a
message on the pagers of their Subscribers displaying the Blood Group required, the
Name of the Hospital, Contact Number, Patients Name, etc.
SCREENS
 SYSTEM TESTING

System testing is the stage before system implementation where the system
is made error free and all the needed modifications are made. The system was tested
with test data and necessary corrections to the system were carried out. All the
reports were checked by the user and approved. The system was very user friendly
with online help to assist the user wherever necessary.

Test Plan:

A test plan is a general document for the entire project, which defines the
scope, approach to be taken, and schedule of testing, as well as identifying the test
item for the entire testing process, and the personal responsible for the different
activities of testing. This document describes the plan for testing, the knowledge
management tool.

Major testing activities are:

 Test units

 Features to be tested

 Approach for testing

 Test deliverables
  Schedule

 Personal allocation

Test units:

Test Case specification is major activity in the testing process. In this project,
I have performed two levels of testing.

 Unit testing

 System testing

The basic units in Unit testing are:

 Validating the user request

 Validating the input given by the user

 Exception handling

The basic units in System testing are:

 Integration of all programs is correct or not

 Checking whether the entire system after integrating is working

as expected.

 The system is tested as whole after the unit testing.

Other Testing Strategies:

Alpha Testing:

This was done at the developer’s site by a customer. The software is used in
a natural setting with the developer “looking over the shoulder” of the user and
recording errors and usage problems. Alpha tests are conducted in a controlled
environment.

Beta Testing:

This was conducted at one or more customer sites by the end-user of the
software. Unlike alpha testing, the developer is generally not present. Therefore,
the beta test is a “live” application of the software in an environment that cannot be
controlled by the developer. The customer records all problems that are
encountered during beta testing and reports these to the developer at regular
intervals. As a result of problems reported during beta tests, software engineers
make modifications and then prepare for release of the software product to the
entire customer base.

Test deliverables:

The following documents are required besides the test plan

 Unit test report for each unit

 Test case specification for system testing

 The report for system testing

 Error report

The test case specification for system testing has to be submitted for review
before the system testing commences.
 IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION

During the software-testing phase each module of software is thoroughly

tested for bugs and for accuracy of output. The system developed is very user-
friendly and the detailed documentation is also given to the user as online help
wherever necessary. The implementation phase normally ends with the formal test
involving all the components.

The entire system was developed using the ASP, HTML, JavaScript, Personal
Web Server, and Oracle 8 as back end. The HTML is used to design the web page.
The Personal Web Server is used to understand the client’s request and to send
response to them. The VBScript are used for client-side validations so that the user
can enter only appropriate input in the input fields. The Oracle 8 is the back end tool
where the database resides.
 Hence the design of the entire system is user-friendly and simple the
implementation has been quite easy.
 CONCLUSION

This project has given me an ample opportunity to design, code, test and
implements an application. This has helped in putting into practice of various
Software Engineering principles and Database Management concepts like maintaining
integrity and consistency of data. Further, this has helped me to learn more about
ORACLE 8, ASP 2.0, HTML, VB Script, Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and Personal Web
Server.

I thank my guide for his invaluable contribution in guiding me through out the
project. I also thank my parents and friends who have supported and motivated me
to complete this project successfully.
Extensibility:

The other features, which the Blood bank services provide, can also be
incorporated into this Blood Bank. The Encryption standards can also be used to
make the transactions more secure. The Socket Secure Layer protocol can also used
in implementing the system, which gives highest security in the Internet.

Future Enhancement:

As there was a little number of contact person’s information given, some

people may face difficulty in getting blood fast. So i like to gather more information
regarding the contact persons in other cities as well as villages and will provide much
more services for the people and help everyone with humanity.
 BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books:

HTML Steven Holzner (Black Book)

ACTIVE SERVER PAGE John Kauffman, Stephen WaltherSYSTEM

ANALYSIS & DESIGN Ellias M. Award

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Roger S. Pressman

Web Sites:

www.google.com

www.msn.com

www.bloodzone.com

www.bloodbankservices.com