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Overview of Database
A Database is a collection of related data organised in a way that data can be easily accessed, managed and

Database Concept

updated. Any piece of information can be a data, for example name of your school. Database is actualy a place

Overview of DBMS

where related piece of information is stored and various operations can be performed on it.

(overview-of-dbms)
Database Architecture
(architecture-of-database)

DBMS

Database Model (database-

A DBMS is a software that allows creation, definition and manipulation of database. Dbms is actualy a tool used

model)

to perform any kind of operation on data in database. Dbms also provides protection and security to database. It

Codd's rule (codd-rule)

maintains data consistency in case of multiple users. Here are some examples of popular dbms, MySql, Oracle,

RDBMS Concept (rdbms-

Sybase, Microsoft Access and IBM DB2 etc.

concept)
Database key (databasekey)
Normalization (databasenormalization)

Components of Database System

The database system can be divided into four components.

E-R Diagrams (er-diagram)

Generalization and
Specialization
(generalization-andspecialization)
SQL Concept
SQL Introduction
(introduction-to-sql)
DDL Command
Create query (create-query)
Alter query (alter-query)
Truncate, Drop and Rename
query (truncate-droprename-query)
DML Command
All DML command (dmlcommand)
TCL Command
All TCL Command (tcl-

Users : Users may be of various type such as DB administrator, System developer and End users.

command)

Database application : Database application may be Personal, Departmental, Enterprise and Internal

DCL Command
All DCL Command (dclcommand)

DBMS : Software that allow users to define, create and manages database access, Ex: MySql, Oracle etc.
Database : Collection of logical data.

WHERE clause (whereclause)

SELECT query (selectquery)
LIKE clause (like-clause)
ORDER BY clause (orderbyclause)

Functions of DBMS
Provides data Independence
Concurrency Control
Provides Recovery services

Group BY clause (groupby-

Provides Utility services

clause)

Provides a clear and logical view of the process that manipulates data.

Having clause (havingclause)

DISTINCT keyword (distinctkeyword)

Advantages of DBMS

AND & OR operator (sql-

Segregation of applicaion program.

and-or-operator)

Minimal data duplicacy.

Advance SQL

Easy retrieval of data.

SQL Constraints (sql-

Reduced development time and maintainance need.

constraints)
SQL function (sql-function)
SQL Join (joining-in-sql)
SQL Alias (sql-alias)

Disadvantages of DBMS

SQL SET operation (set-

Complexity

operation-in-sql)

Costly

SQL Sequences (sql-

Large in size

sequences)
SQL Views (sql-views)

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