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Identify Good Database Design

Identify Good Database Design. A database is an organized collection of data —facts about people, events, things, or ideas—related to a specific topic or purpose. Information is data that is organized in a useful manner. Identify Good Database Design.

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Identify Good Database Design

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  1. Identify Good Database Design • A database is an organized collection of data—facts about people, events, things, or ideas—related to a specific topic or purpose. • Information is data that is organized in a useful manner.

  2. Identify Good Database Design • Use good design techniques when creating a new database. • Determine the information you want to keep track of to create a new database. • Ask yourself, “What questions should this database be able to answer for me?” • The purpose of a database is to store data in a manner that makes it easy for you to get the information you need.

  3. Database Structure • An Organized collection of related information • Table – Vertical columns & horizontal rows where information is stored • Record • A row • Information about one person or thing • Field • A column • Smallest unit of information

  4. Information is in the TABLE • The basic part of a DBis called a TABLE • A matrix of rows and columns (just like you used in MS Excel) that contains the data to be stored and later analyzed • Can be created “from scratch” or imported from some other source or program (such as Excel) • Columns in table define what “fields” will be used (such as NAME, AGE, etc.)

  5. Data Type • Data type defines the type of data the field will contain • Used to ensure right kind of data is entered

  6. Data Types • Text • Number • Date/Time • Currency • AutoNumber • Yes/No

  7. Four DB “objects” we will use

  8. Create and Use a Query, Form, and Report • A query is a database object that retrieves specific data from one or more database objects—either tables of other queries. • A form is an Access object with which you can enter data, edit data, or display data from a table or a query.

  9. Create and Use a Query, Form, and Report • A report is a database object that displays the fields and records from a table or a query in an easy-to-read format suitable for printing. • This is usually the final output to be provided to the person who was looking to retrieve information from the database tables.

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