Concepts of Database Management, 4th Edition, Pratt & Adamski
Objectives
•Discuss the general process and goals of database design
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•Define
user views and explain their function
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•Define database design language and use it to document database designs
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•Create an entity-relationship diagram to visually represent a database design
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•Present
a methodology for database design
at the information level and view examples illustrating this methodology