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Instructor: Saleem Raza Databases: Source: DATABASE CONCEPTS Kroenke Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall

The document discusses the key components of a database system: users, database applications, a database management system (DBMS), and the database itself. It explains that a DBMS manages database activities like creating and querying data, while database applications allow users to interface with the DBMS through forms, queries, and reports. The document also distinguishes between personal, organizational, and enterprise-class database systems based on their size and complexity.

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Instructor: Saleem Raza Databases: Source: DATABASE CONCEPTS Kroenke Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall

The document discusses the key components of a database system: users, database applications, a database management system (DBMS), and the database itself. It explains that a DBMS manages database activities like creating and querying data, while database applications allow users to interface with the DBMS through forms, queries, and reports. The document also distinguishes between personal, organizational, and enterprise-class database systems based on their size and complexity.

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Lecture 2

Instructor: Saleem Raza


Databases

Source: DATABASE CONCEPTS Kroenke


Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall
Database Systems
• The four components of a database
system are:
– Users
– Database Application
– Database Management System (DBMS)
– Database

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Components of a Database
System

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Users
• A user of a database system will
– Use a database application to track things
– Use forms to enter, read, delete and query
data
– Produce reports

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The Database
• A database is a self-describing collection of
related records
• Self-describing
– The database itself contains the definition of
its structure
– Metadata is data describing the structure of
the database data
• Tables within a relational database are related to
each other

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Database Contents

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Example Database Metadata:
A Relationship Diagram

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Database Management
System (DBMS)
• A database management system
(DBMS) serves as an intermediary
between database applications and the
database
• The DBMS manages and controls
database activities
• The DBMS creates, processes and
administers the databases it controls

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Functions of a DBMS
• Create databases
• Create tables
• Create supporting structures
• Read database data
• Modify database data (insert, update, delete)
• Maintain database structures
• Enforce rules
• Control concurrency
• Provide security
• Perform backup and recovery

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Database Applications
• A database application is a set of one or
more computer programs that serves as
an intermediary between the user and the
DBMS

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Functions of Database
Applications
• Create and process forms
• Process user queries
• Create and process reports
• Execute application logic
• Control database applications

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Database Applications:
Example Data Entry Form

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Database Applications:
Example Query

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Database Applications:
Example Report

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Personal Database Systems
• Personal database systems typically:
– Have one application
– Have only a few tables
– Are simple in design
– Involve only one computer
– Support one user at a time

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Personal Database Systems

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Enterprise-Class
Database Systems
• Enterprise-Class database systems
typically:
– Support several users simultaneously
– Include more than one application
– Involve multiple computers
– Are complex in design
– Have many tables
– Have many databases

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Organizational Database Systems

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Commercial DBMS Products

• Example Desktop DBMS Products


– Microsoft Access
• Example Organizational DBMS Products
– Microsoft’s SQL Server
– Oracle’s Oracle
– Sun Microsystem’s MySQL
– IBM’s DB2

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