Database Systems – CS 220

Introduction

Dr. Shams Qazi

shams.qazi@seecs.edu.pk
Course Objectives

On successful completion, you should be able to:

 Toengineer database system and handle practical
problems in modeling and implementation of real-
world data repositories
Course Learning Outcomes

1. Develop
a database schema that incorporates
keys and integrity constraints
2. FormulateSQL queries to retrieve information from
a relational database
3. Designa relational schema using the entity
relationship model
4. Apply normalization to relations
Course Outcomes

 Be
able to create databases and pose complex
SQL queries of relational databases.
 Developan appreciation for several DBMS's
(ACCESS, ORACLE and SQL Server)
 Familiarize
with a broad range of data
management issues including data integrity and
security
Major Topics

 Fundamental concepts, system organization

 Logical Database Modeling & Design
 The Relational Model
 Normalization (1st – 3rd Normal forms) and BCNF
 Relational Algebra (Select-Project-Join)
 SQL (Structured Query Language)
 NoSQL Systems
Suggested Books

 R.Elmasri, S.B. Navathe (2016): “Fundamentals of

Database Systems”, 7/E, Addison-Wesley
 T.Connolly and C. Begg . “Database Systems, a
Practical Approach to Design, Implementation
and Management”.
 Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Mary B. Prescott and Fred R.
McFadden. “Modern Database Management”,
8th Edition, Pearson Education Inc.
Grading Policy – Tentative*

 Theory 75%
 10 % Quizzes
 10% Assignments
 30% Mid Semester Exam
 50% End Semester Exam
 Labs 25 %
 70% Lab Tasks
 30% Project
Class Etiquettes

 Respect each others

 Keep your mobiles switched off
 Be careful of class timing
 Late comer may be not allowed
 Delay talks with colleagues
 Try to avoid questions during a lecture
 Ask questions at the end of a lecture
 Avoid interruption in class
SEECS/NUST Etiquettes

 It is far better to fail than to cheat

 Plagiarism is strictly prohibited
 Required Class attendance is 75%
Consultation Hours/Location

Wednesdays 10am – 12pm

Office: Room 302, 2nd Floor
IAEC Building
NUST H-12
Database Systems
Definitions - Data

 Data

 Collection of raw facts and figures.

 Storedrepresentation of objects and events that
have meaning and importance in the user
environment
 Structured vs non structured data
Definitions - Data

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Definitions - Information

 Information
 Processed form of data.
 Data can be processed in two ways
 Structure and additional data

 Summarize the data(diagrams and charts)

Definitions - Information

Large volume of facts,

difficult to interpret or
make decisions based
on
Definitions - Information

Useful information that managers can use for decision

making and interpretation
Definitions - Database

An organized collection of logically related data.

Definitions – Meta Data

Meta Data describes the properties and characteristic

of data.
Definitions - DBMS

Database Management System

“It is a software that is used to create, maintain

databases and also provide controlled access to users”.

Examples: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, MS Access

Definitions

A database is the data stored and a database system is

the software that manages the data.
Definitions

 Data Models
A conceptual view of the database which captures the
nature of data and relations among data.
 Entities
A person, place, object, event or concept in the
user/business environment for which information must be
recorded
 Relationships
How different entities are interacting with one another
Data Model

Customer Order
Databases in the Real-World

 Databases are everywhere in the real-world even though you do

not often interact with them directly.
 Examples
 Retailers manage their products and sales using a database. (Wal-Mart
has one of the largest databases in the world!)
 Online web sites such as Amazon, eBay, and Expedia track orders,
shipments, and customers using databases.
 The university maintains all your registration information and marks in a
database.
 Can you think of other examples?
Example Problem

 Implement a system for managing products for a retailer.

 Data: Information on products (SKU, name, desc, inventory)
 Add new products, manage inventory of products

 How would you do this without a database?

 What types of challenges would you face?
Why do we need Databases?

 Without a DBMS, your application must rely on files to store its data
persistently. A file-based system is a set of applications that use files to store
their data.

 Each application in a file-based system contains its own code for accessing
and manipulating files. This causes several problems:
 Code duplication of file access routines
 Data is usually highly redundant across files
 High maintenance costs
 Hard to support multi-user access to information
 Difficult to connect information present in different files
 Difficulty in developing new applications/handling data changes
Traditional File Processing Systems
Disadvantages of File Processing

 Program-Data Dependence
All programs maintain metadata for each file they use
 Duplication of data
Different systems/programs have separate copies of the same data
 Limited Data Sharing
No centralized control of data
 Lengthy Development Times
Programmers must design their own file formats
 Excessive Program Maintenance
80% of information systems budget
Problems with Program-Data Dependency

 It
is the tight relationship between data stored in files
and the specific programs required to update and
maintain those files
 Change in the file format affects both the program
and the file
 Lack of coordination and central control
 Non-standard file formats
Problems with Data Duplication

 Waste of space to have duplicate data

 Causes more maintenance headaches
 The biggest Problem:
 When data changes in one file, could cause
inconsistencies
 Compromises data integrity
Problems with Limited Data Sharing

 Limited data for processing

 Managers face difficulty in generating reports
 Incompatible files in separate systems
Problems with Development Times

 Thenew application must follow the file pattern of the

old system
 Therefore,
programmers prefer developing the
program from scratch
 System becomes static
Problems with Program Maintenance

 Managing a non-centralized data is more difficult

 All replicated data must be consistent
 Therefore,
more budget is required during
maintenance
Solution: The Database Approach

 Central repository of shared data

 Data is managed by a controlling agent
 Stored in a standardized, convenient form
 Easy to store, manipulate and retrieve

Requires a Database Management System (DBMS)

Database Management System

A DBMS is a software program that manages a

Database
 Itcontrols the organization, storage, management
and retrieval of data in a database.
Database Management System

Application
#1

Application
#2

DBMS Database
containing
centralized
shared data

Application
DBMS manages data
#3 resources like an operating
system manages hardware
resources
Advantages of Database Approach

 Program-Data Independence
 Metadata stored in DBMS, so applications don’t need
to worry about data formats
 Data queries/updates managed by DBMS so programs
don’t need to process data access routines
 Increased application development and maintenance
productivity
 Minimal Data Redundancy
 Leads to increased data integrity/consistency
Advantages of Database Approach

 Improved Data Sharing

 Different users get different views for data
 Enforcement of Standards
 All data access is done in the same way
 Improved Data Quality
 Constraints, data validation rules
 Better Data Accessibility/ Responsiveness
 Use of standard data query language (SQL)
 Security, Backup/Recovery, Concurrency
 Disaster recovery is easier
 Costs and Risks of the Database

 Up-front costs:
 Installation Management Cost and Complexity
 Conversion Costs
 Ongoing Costs
 Requires New, Specialized Personnel
 Need for Explicit Backup and Recovery
 Organizational Conflict
 Old habits die hard
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Data Definition Language (DDL)

 A DBMS achieves these goals by supporting data abstraction.

 The DBMS takes the description of the data and handles the low-level details of
how to store it, retrieve it, and handle concurrent access to it.
 The database is described to the DBMS using a Data Definition
Language (DDL). The DDL allows the user to create data structures
in the data model used by the database.

 A data model is a collection of concepts that can be used to

describe the structure of a database.
 In the relational model, data is represented as tables and fields.
 Examples: relational model, XML, graphs, object-oriented
Schema

 A database designer uses a DDL to define a schema for the database.

The schema is maintained and stored in the system catalog. The schema
is one type of metadata.
 A schema is a description of the structure of the database.
 A schema contains structures, names, and types of data stored.
 For example, the data model for Access is a relational model.
A relational model contains tables and fields as its model constructs. The following DDL
creates a product table:
CREATE TABLE product(
sku as VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
name as VARCHAR(40),
desc as VARCHAR(50),
inventory as INTEGER,
PRIMARY KEY (sku)
);
Data Manipulation Language (DML)

 Once a database has been created using DDL, the user accesses data using a Data
Manipulation Language (DML)
 The standard DML is SQL.

 The DML allows for the insertion, modification, retrieval, and deletion of data.

 A DML provides data abstraction as user queries are specified using the names of data
and not their physical representation.
 For example, in a file system storing 3 fields, you would have to provide the exact location of the
field in the file. In a database, you would only have to specify it by name.

 The DBMS contains all the code for accessing the data, so the applications do not have to worry
about those details any more.
SQL Examples

 Retrieve all products in the database:

SELECT sku, name, desc, inventory FROM product;

 Retrieve all products where inventory < 10:

SELECT name, inventory FROM product WHERE inventory < 10;

 Insert a new product into the database:

INSERT INTO product VALUES ('1234','Soap','Ivory',100);

 Delete a product from the database:

DELETE FROM product WHERE sku = ‘1234’;

Database Properties Question

Question: True or False: The data in a database is lost when the power
to the computer is turned off.

A. True
B. false
Database Abstraction Question

Question: Defining how data is stored using DDL is similar to what in

object-oriented programming?

A. Objects
B. Classes
C. Inheritance
D. Polymorphism
DDL vs. DML Question

Question: If you are querying data in a database, which language

are you using:

A. DML
B. DDL
C. schemas
D. Java
Components of the DBMS

A DBMS is a complicated software system containing many

components:
 Query processor - translates user/application queries into low- level
data manipulation actions.
 Sub-components: query parser, query optimizer
 Storage manager - maintains storage information including
memory allocation, buffer management, and file storage.
 Sub-components: buffer manager, file manager
 Transaction manager - performs scheduling of operations and
implements concurrency control algorithms.
DBMS Architecture
End-User Direct (SQL) Database
Users Programs Users Administrators

DBMS Database API

Parser + Result
Compiler Formatting Query
Processor
Query Optimizer Execution
Planner Engine

Transaction Buffer
Manager Manager Storage
Recovery File
Manager
System Manager

DB Operating
Files System
Database Architecture

There are several different database architectures:

 File-server (embedded) architecture - files are shared but DBMS
processing occurs at the clients (e.g. Microsoft Access or SQLite)
 Two-Tier client-server architecture - dedicated machine
running DBMS accessed by clients (e.g. SQL Server)
 Three-Tier client-server architecture - DBMS is bottom tier, second
tier is an application server containing business logic, top tier is
clients (e.g. Web browser-Apache/Tomcat-Oracle)
 Two-Tier Client-Server Architecture

Clients Tier 1: Client

•User Interface
•Business and Data Logic

Tier 2: Database Server

Database •Server-side validation
Server •Data storage/management

Advantages:
 Only one copy of DBMS software on dedicated machine.
 Increased performance.
 Reduced hardware and communication costs.
 Easier to maintain consistency and manage concurrency.
Three-Tier Client-Server Architecture

Tier 1: Client (Web/mobile)

•User Interface

Tier 2: Application Server

•Business logic
•Data processing logic

Tier 3: Database Server

•Data validation
•Data storage/management

Advantages:
 Reduced client administration and cost using thin web clients.
 Easy to scale architecture and perform load balancing.
 Database Team

 Database administrator (DBA) - responsible for installing, maintaining, and configuring the DBMS
software.
 Data administrator (DA) - responsible for organizational policies on data creation, security, and
planning.
 Database designer - defines and implements a schema for a database and associated
applications.
 Logical/Conceptual database designer - interacts with users to determine data requirements, constraints, and
business rules.

 Physical database designer - implements the logical design for a data model on a DBMS. Defines indexes, security,
and constraints.

 DBMS developer - writes the DBMS software code.

 Application developer - writes code that uses the DBMS.
 User - uses the database directly or through applications.