TACLOBAN ORMOC MANDAUE

Database
System
Terminologies
COMPOSITE ATTRIBUTES SIMPLE ATTRIBUTES

● Can be divided into ● Cannot be divided

further parts. further.

Example: Example:
➔ NAME ➔ Weight
◆ First Name ◆ Cannot further divide
◆ Middle Name
◆ Last Name
Single-Valued Attributes Multivalued Attributes

● Have a single value for ● Can have set of values

a particular entity. for a particular entity.

Example: Example:
➔ Age ➔ College degree
◆ Single-valued ● BSHM, BSIT, BSCS
attribute of a person ➔ Language
● English, Spanish,
Filipino
◆ multivalued attributes
of a person.
 DERIVED ATTRIBUTES STORED ATTRIBUTES

● Can be derived from ● From which the value of

other attributes. other attributes are
Example: derived.
➔ Age Example:
◆ Can be derived from ➔ Birthdate of a person
date of birth. ◆ With this we can
derive the value of
Age Attribute.
Complex Attributes
● Has multivalued and Composite components in it.
● Multivalued attributes - Represented by ‘{ }’
● Composite attributes - Represented by ‘( )’
Example:
- {CollegeDegree(College,Year, Degree, Field)}
Null Values
● Null is something which is not applicable or
unknown.
○ Means this will be applied once the Entity
doesn’t have a Landline Number, Email
address, ID No and Etc.
Entity Type
● A Collection of entities that have the same
attributes.
Example:
Entity Set
● A Collection of entities of a particular entity type
at a point in time.
Example:
Key Attributes
● is capable of identifying each entity uniquely.
Example:
Roll number of a student.