Chapter 8

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

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 Concept of Database
A database is a collection of data.

A DBMS consists of a collection of data and a set of

programs to access those data.

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 Advantages of DBMS
1)Data Redundancy :- Data redundancy means
Duplication of data.
A DBMS keeps data at one place and users can access
from there.
2)Data consistency:-
Data redundancy leads to inconsistency.
Inconsistency can be controlled by controlling data
redundancy.
3)Efficient data access:-
A DBMS provides an efficient access to database.
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 Advantages of DBMS
4)Data integrity:-
Data integrity refers to correctness of data stored in the database.
5)Data Security:-
Data security can be done by using passwords.
6)Sharing of data:-
Data can be shared among multiple programs and users.
7)Enforces standard:-
standards may be laid by the organization or individual.
8)Recovery:-
Mechanism for data backup and recovery from hardware failure.
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 Components of DBMS
1)Hardware:-
computers(Server) and storage devices
2)Software:-
application programs and utilities.
3)Data:-
The data is organized in the form of Field,Record and Files.
4)Users:-classified into four types:
Data Base Administrator(DBA),Application Programmer,Sophisticated user
and Naive user.
5)Procedure:-
instruction to start and stop DBMS,backup database,login to database etc.

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 Structure of DBMS
Data is organized as Field,Record and Files.

Field:-A field is the smallest unit of stored data.

Record:-A record is a collection of related fields.
Files:-A files is a collection of records.

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Database Abstraction

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 Database Abstraction
A database system is designed using three levels of abstraction,Physical
Level,Logical Level,View Level.
1)Physical Level(Internal Level):-
It is the lowest level of abstraction.
howdata is actually stored
2)Logical Level(Conceptual Level):-
also called global view.
Represents the entire database.
what data are stored in the database and the relationship between data.
3)View Level(External Level):-
The way in which individual users view the data.
only a part of entire database.

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 Different users in database
Database Administrator(DBA)
Application Programmer
Sophisticated Users
Naive Users

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 Different users in database
Database Administrator(DBA)
A person who has central control over the database.

Responsibilities of database administrator are:

Database creation.
Access-method definition.
Routine maintanance.

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 Different users in database
Application Programmer:

Sophisticated Users:-Sophisticated users interact with

database through queries.

Naive users:-
Naive users are unsophisticated users.
They interact with database by invoking previously written
application programs.

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 Data Independence
Data independence is the ability to modify the schema
definition(Data structure definition) in one level without
effecting the schema definition at the next higher level.
Physical data independence:
The applications need not worry about how the data are
physically structured and stored

Logical data independence:-

Naive modify the conceptual (logical) scheme without
causing application programs to be rewritten.

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 Relational data model
Represents database as a collection of relations(tables)

Each relation has a unique name.

A relational database management system (RDBMS) is

a program that lets you create, update, and administer a
relational database.

Popular RDBMS are Oracle,MYSQL,DB2 etc.

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 Terminologies in RDBMS
1)Entity:-A real world object such as student,teacher etc.
2)Relation:-A collection of data in the form of rows and
column.
3)Tuple:-The row in a table is called tuple.It is also called
record.
4)Attribute:-A column in a table(Relation) is called
attribute.
5)Degree:-The number of columns in a table is called
degree.

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 Terminologies in RDBMS
6)Cardinality:-The number of rows in a table.
7)Domain:-The set of possible values for a
column(Attribute).
8)Schema:-The overall design(Description) of a
database.
9)Instance:-The collection of data stored in tha
database at a particular moment is called instance.It is
also called snapshot or database state.

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 Keys
A key is an attribute or collection of attributes that uniquelly identifies
each record(Tuple) in a table.

A key consisting of one or more attributes is called a composite

key(Compound Key).

1)Candidate Key:- A column or set of columns that uniquely

identifies each record in the table.

2)Primary Key:-Uniquely identify each row in a table.

A table can have only one primary key.

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 Keys
3)Alternate Key:- A candidate key that is not the
primary key.
4)Foreign Key:- A field in one table that must match a
primary key value in another table.
It is also called reference key.
5)Super Key:-A set of one or more columns in a table
for which no two rows can have the same value.

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 Relational Algebra
A collection of operations used to manipulate table
content.

Select,Project,Union,Cartesian Product etc.

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 Relational Algebra
1) SELECT Operation:-
Selects rows from a table that satisfies a specific condition.
It is denoted by Sigma(σ).

2) PROJECT Operation:-
Selects attributes(Columns) from a table.
It is denoted by Pi( π)
3) Cartesian Product Operation:-
Combines tuples from two relations.
It is a binary operation and is denoted by X(cross).

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 Relational Algebra
4) UNION Operation:-
Retains a relation consisting of all tuples from both the
relations.
It is denoted by U .
tables having same number and types of attributes.

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 Relational Algebra
5) INTERSECTION Operation:-
returns a relation consisting of all tuples common to both
the relations.
It is a binary operation denoted by ∩.

R INTERSECTION S

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 Relational Algebra
6) SET DIFFERENCE Operation:-
Returns a relation consisting of all tuples appearing in the
first relation and not in the second relation.
It is denoted by ' - '

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