CE 464 – DATABASE MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION

What is database management and why is It important?

A database management system works as follows: It organises your database files and provides end
users more access and control over their data. To accomplish this, A DBMS allows users to
manipulate the data in their database files, including creating, editing, and updating it when
needed.

A database management system (or DBMS) is essentially nothing more than a computerized data-
keeping system. Users of the system are given facilities to perform several kinds of operations on
such a system for either manipulation of the data in the database or the management of the
database structure itself.

What is an Engineering Information System?

Information Systems Engineering is a multi-disciplinary programme that incorporates the skills and
knowledge in computing, management and business to produce highly skilled information systems
specialists for businesses.

What is the importance of information systems in Engineering?

These systems are essential to achieving the best results possible before, during, and even after a
project is complete. Information technology-savvy engineers who can make the most of such
resources have much to offer modern communities.

What are the Types of database?

They are namely:
 Hierarchical databases.
A hierarchical database is a data model in which data is stored in the form of records and
organized into a tree-like structure, or parent-child structure, in which one parent node can
have many child nodes connected through links.
CE 464 – DATABASE MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION
CE 464 – DATABASE MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION

 Network databases.
A network database management system (network DBMS) is based on a network data model,
which allows each record to be related to multiple primary records and multiple secondary
records. Network databases allow you to create a flexible model of relationships between
entities.

 Object-oriented databases.
An object-oriented database (OOD) is a database system that can work with complex data
objects — that is, objects that mirror those used in object-oriented programming languages. In
object-oriented programming (OOP), everything is an object.

 Relational databases.
A relational database is a type of database that stores and provides access to data points that
are related to one another. Relational databases are based on the relational model, an intuitive,
straightforward way of representing data in tables. In a relational database, each row in the
table is a record with a unique ID called the key. The columns of the table hold attributes of the
data, and each record usually has a value for each attribute, making it easy to establish the
relationships among data points.

 NoSQL databases.
NoSQL databases (aka "not only SQL") are non-tabular databases and store data differently
than relational tables. NoSQL databases come in a variety of types based on their data model.
The main types are document, key-value, wide-column, and graph. They provide flexible
schemas and scale easily with large amounts of data and high user loads. SQL stands for
Structured Query Language; SQL lets you access and manipulate databases;