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Name: _Darin Fadi ___________________, class: ____8C_________

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CHAPTER 2: COLLECTING INFORMATION

TASK 3

QUESTION 1:
What is a database?
__A data base is a system for organizing data.
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QUESTION 2:
Define the following terms.
• Fields
__is a set of data values, of the same data base, in a table.
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• Records
______ is all of the data or information about one person or one
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• Primary key
____is a special relational database table column.
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• Relationships

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__is a situation that exists between two relational database tables when one
table has a foreign key that references the primary key of the other
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QUESTION 3:

Define A distinct object that is to be represented in the database:

_ represented by the use of opaque types.
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QUESTION 4:
Think of a one-to-many and a many-to-one relationship from your life.
Depending on what you choose, think of the appropriate fields for your tables
and create a small database on paper. Choose the appropriate primary keys
from each table. For the many-to-many relationships create an extra table to
link your other tables.

One-to-many:
____In a one-to-many relationship, one record in a table can be associated with one or more
records in another table. For example, each customer can have many sales orders.

A one-to-many relationship looks like this in the relationships graph:

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Customer ID Name
Customer ID

Many-to-many:
__A many-to-many relationship occurs when multiple records in a table are associated with
multiple records in another table. For example, a many-to-many relationship exists between
customers and products: customers can purchase various products, and products can be purchased
by many
customers._____________________________________________________________________
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