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DBMS Constraint Violation Practice With Solution

The document describes 4 types of database constraints: domain, key, entity integrity, and referential integrity. It then provides 7 examples of tables with potential constraint violations. The examples test for violations of domain constraints when invalid data types are used, key constraints when duplicate primary keys exist, entity integrity when primary keys contain NULL values, and referential integrity when foreign keys reference values not present in the parent table.

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DBMS Constraint Violation Practice With Solution

The document describes 4 types of database constraints: domain, key, entity integrity, and referential integrity. It then provides 7 examples of tables with potential constraint violations. The examples test for violations of domain constraints when invalid data types are used, key constraints when duplicate primary keys exist, entity integrity when primary keys contain NULL values, and referential integrity when foreign keys reference values not present in the parent table.

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4 types of constraints are:

1. Domain constraint

2. Key constraint

3. Entity Integrity constraint

4. Referential Integrity Constraint

Consider the examples below and state which constraints were violated and why? [All primary
keys(pk) are underlined and foreign keys(fk) are shown with arrows from fk to pk]

Example 1

Student_ID Name Age


001 Zainab 19
002 Hazzaz A
003 Faiza 20
004 Amanat 18

Answer: Domain constraint, because age should have integers, second row has a character.

Example 2

Student_ID Name Age


001 Azibun 19
002 1.5 20
null Partho 20
004 Jabed 18

Answer: Domain and Entity Integrity. Name has a double value so domain constraint
violated and student_id is primary key but a null value exists so entity integrity
constraint has been violated.

Example 3

Student_ID Name Age


001 Wasema 19
002 Junaid 20
001 Afia 20
004 Hasibul 18

Answer: Key constraint as duplicate student_id exists even though student_id is primary
key.
Example 4

Student_ID Course_Code Grade


001 CSE370 3.7
002 CSE221 4.0
003 CSE110 null
004 CSE220 3.0

Answer: no constraint has been violated.

Example 5

(foreign key)

Student_ID Course_Code Grade


001 CSE370 3.7
002 CSE221 4.0
003 null 3.3
004 CSE220 3.0

Course_Code Course_Title
CSE370 Database
CSE221 Algorithm
CSE220 Data Structure

Answer: Entity Integrity violated. course_code is part of the primary key, therefore it
cannot be null.

Example 6

Student_Grades (foreign key)


Student_ID Course_Code Grade
001 CSE370 3.7
002 CSE221 4.0
001 CSE110 null
004 CSE220 3.0

Course
Course_Code Course_Title
CSE370 Database
CSE221 Algorithm
CSE220 Data Structure

Answer: Referential Integrity violated. Course_code in “Student_Grades” is a foreign


key, the value CSE110 does not exist in the referenced table “Course”
Example 7

1. Update the course_code of Database course from CSE370 to CSE390 in the Course
table in Example 6.

2. Insert a row with the following values (1.5, ‘Discrete’) in the Course table in Example 6.

3. Delete the row from Student_Grades table in Example 6 where course_code=


‘CSE110’.

Answer:

1. Referential Integrity, cse370 es referenced in the foreign key column in


student_grades table

2. Domain constraint because course_code should be char/varchar/text, not


decimal/double

3. no violation.

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