Transcription of Database Modeling and Design
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1 Database Modeling and Design3rd EditionToby J. TeoreyUniversity of MichiganLecture NotesContentsI. Database Systems and the Life Cycle (Chapter 1)..2 Introductory concepts; objectives of Database management 2 Relational Database life cycle 3 Characteristics of a good Database Design process 7II. Requirements Analysis (Chapter 3)..8 III. Entity-Relationship (ER) Modeling (Chapters 2-4)..11 Basic ER Modeling concepts 11 Schema integration methods 22 Entity-relationship 26 Transformations from ER diagrams to SQL Tables 29IV. Normalization and normal forms (Chapter 5)..35 First normal form (1NF) to third normal form (3NF) and BCNF 353NF synthesis algorithm (Bernstein) 42 Fourth normal form (4NF) 47V. Access Methods (Chapter 6)..50 Sequential access methods 50 Random access methods 52 Secondary Indexes 58 Denormalization 62 Join strategies 64VI. Database Distribution Strategies (Chapter 8).
data —a fact, something upon which an inference is based (information or knowledge has value, data has cost) data item —smallest named unit of data that has meaning in the real world (examples: last name, address, ssn, political party) data aggregate (or group ) -- a collection of related data items that form a
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