Databases are fundamentally containers for data. When data for any organization needs to be stored, databases can be used. For example, let’s say a public library stores books, we could say that the library is a database of books. But specifically, databases are computer structures that save, organize, safeguard and produce and/or deliver data. A database platform is essentially a database management system (DBMS) which is a computer software application that interacts with the user, other applications…

Zalgaonkir Pearson Cape Town Campus Introduction to Databases project Student Number: MB2014-0413 Teacher: Andrew Davies Due Date: 23/09/2016 2 Contents Page Page 1…………………………………………..Cover Page Page 2……………………………………………Contents Page Page 3-5…………………………………………….Question 1 Page 6-12……………………………………………Optional Access Screenshots Page 13-18………………………………………….Question 2 Page 19…………………………………………………References and Bibliography 3 Question 1 1.1) Database Database is defined as a set of related data in many tables and…

Abstract: NoSQL Databases also referred as Not only SQL databases. These NoSQL database have these days gained much attention and reputation because of their performance and high scalability. The advantage of NoSQL database is to store efficiently unstructured data. These days use of e-commerce websites, social networking sites etc. has been increased. These usage made to create the need to store the large data. Some companies have adopted NoSQL databases, as their data is growing. Dynamo, Big…

Choosing A Database Everyday the world progressively moves towards a digital future, and the use of physical data storage, such as files in filing cabinets, are becoming obsolete. Most companies store their information into databases to easily manage and share their data within the organization. A database management system (DBMS) is needed to to create, use and maintain databases for the efficient storage and retrieval of data. Why Choose a Database? Before one can begin to choose a database, it is…

Database Security Databases are used to store different types of information, from data on an e-mail account to important data of government agencies. The security of the database inherits the same difficulties of security facing the information, which is to ensure the integrity, availability and confidentiality. Database management system must provide mechanisms that will assist in this task. SQL databases implement mechanisms that restrict or enable access to data according to profiles or…

Chapter 5 Topic 1 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: ROLE OF DATABASE IN SQL SERVER: A database management system (DBMS) is a collection of programs that enables you to store, modify, and extract information from a database. There are many different types of database management systems, ranging from small systems that run on personal computers to huge systems that run on mainframes 1) It is a suite of programs for constructing and maintaining the database. 2) Offering ad hoc query facilities to…

Summary: Database Management System in easy terms we can say that set of data organized in a relative way. It allows data for various entries, storage and retrieval of large quantity of information and provides ways to manage how the information is stored. There is big number of database providers and each different database has its own strength so while choosing a particular database we need to understand what the business requirement is and match them with what DBMS can provide us to make our…

A database could be as simple as an alphabetical arrangement of names in an address book or as complex as a database that provides information in a combination of formats. For example a library can be considered a database because a library stores books therefore it is a database of books. But computer databases collect information and organize such to enable efficient retrieval in formats such as electronically, graphically, audibly, statistically or physically; printed on paper. Computers process…

on database environment and development process. Database is an organized collection of logically related data. It consists of tables, queries, views and other objects. Database management system is a software system used for creating and managing databases. It is a collection of programs used to store, modify and extract information from database. It helps users and programmers for creating updating and managing the data in a systematic way. There are many types of database management system ranging…

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM History of database system: Brief history of database management is as follows, 1950s: Database management system started its journey in late 1950s with the invent of magnetic tapes. All the data was stored in tapes. Processing of data requires reading data from one or more tapes and writing to a new tape after processing. 1960s – 1970s: Database management system could enhance its features with invent of harddisk. Unlike files, hard disk supports random access…