The following question is based upon the Patient-Treatment relation which records the details of transactions occurring in a medical surgery. You may assume the data are representative.   PATIENT ID PATIENT NAME PATIENT DOB CONSULT DATE ITEM NUMBER ITEM DESCRIPTION FEE PROVIDER NUMBER DOCTOR NAME 437 REARDON 4/08/1989 19/7/2020 A012 Standard 56 S55768 Leahy 437 REARDON 4/08/1989 20/7/2020 A012 Standard 56 D42433 Meuller 562 BILSTEIN 12/05/2001 20/7/2020 A013 Short 35 S55768 Leahy 361 WILSON 13/08/1997 20/7/2020 A014 Long 75 S55768 Leahy 895 LEMOS 13/10/1952 20/7/2020 A013 Short 35 D42433 Meuller 895 LEMOS 13/10/1952 20/7/2020 A014 Long 75 D42433 Meuller 678 MORTAL 27/02/1969 20/7/2020 A014 Long 75 S55768 Leahy 432 SOAPIER 1/08/1976 21/7/2020 A012 Standard 56 S55768 Leahy   You have been asked to design a relational database for this system. You know that there are problems with the current design and that it will need to be modified in order to work effectively. What are the specific problems associated with the current design and why do they arise?( Illustrate define for problem (Insert/Delete/Update) the give example; Table-> Function dependency ->1nf/2nf/3nf-> the relation is … because…)

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The following question is based upon the Patient-Treatment relation which records the details of transactions occurring in a medical surgery. You may assume the data are representative.

 

PATIENT ID

PATIENT NAME

PATIENT DOB

CONSULT DATE

ITEM NUMBER

ITEM DESCRIPTION

FEE

PROVIDER NUMBER

DOCTOR NAME

437

REARDON

4/08/1989

19/7/2020

A012

Standard

56

S55768

Leahy

437

REARDON

4/08/1989

20/7/2020

A012

Standard

56

D42433

Meuller

562

BILSTEIN

12/05/2001

20/7/2020

A013

Short

35

S55768

Leahy

361

WILSON

13/08/1997

20/7/2020

A014

Long

75

S55768

Leahy

895

LEMOS

13/10/1952

20/7/2020

A013

Short

35

D42433

Meuller

895

LEMOS

13/10/1952

20/7/2020

A014

Long

75

D42433

Meuller

678

MORTAL

27/02/1969

20/7/2020

A014

Long

75

S55768

Leahy

432

SOAPIER

1/08/1976

21/7/2020

A012

Standard

56

S55768

Leahy

 

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  1. What are the specific problems associated with the current design and why do they arise?( Illustrate define for problem (Insert/Delete/Update) the give example; Table-> Function dependency ->1nf/2nf/3nf-> the relation is … because…)
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