Logical Database Design Princi Book

INTRODUCTION TO LOGICAL DATABASE DESIGN Understanding a Database Database Architectures Relational Databases Creating the Database System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Systems Planning: Assessment and Feasibility System Analysis: Requirements System Analysis: Requirements Checklist Models Tracking and Schedules Design Modeling Functional Decomposition Diagram Data Flow Diagrams Data Dictionary Logical Structures and Decision Trees System Design: Logical

SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION The ER Approach Entities and Entity Types Attribute Domains Attributes Set-Valued Attributes Weak Entities Constraints Lookup Tables and Consistency Modeling Approaches Relationships Cardinality Schemas Implementation: Converting the ERD Specifications and Documentation

CONVERTING THE LOGICAL DATA MODEL Database Architecture SQL DDL Commands Data Retrieval DML Statements and Implicit Cursors SELECT Statements Cartesian Product DML: INSERT Commands DML: UPDATE Command DML: DELETE Statements Transaction Commands DCL Commands

FORMAL DATA NORMALIZATION Definitions of Normal Forms Introduction to Relational Algebra Comparison Operations and Logical Operators Summary

DATA DENORMALIZATION Historical Perspective on Disk Costs The Importance of Database Performance to the Logical Model Introducing Data Redundancy: Size versus Volatility The Theory of Dr. Ralph Kimball Pre-Joining Entities Together Pre-Aggregating Summary Information Non-First Normal Form Entities Horizontal and Vertical Partitioning for Performance Summary

OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN Object-Oriented Terminology Object-Oriented Design Creating the Object Model Methods and Database Objects Summary

OBJECT-RELATIONAL DESIGN Advantages of Object-Relational Databases Object Types Object Views Using Logical Pointers Comparison of Object-Oriented and Object-Relational Databases Creating the Object-Relational Design Summary

DESIGNING REPLICATED DATABASES Manual Replication Techniques Standby Database Replication Using Triggers Replication Using Views One-Way Replication Writeable Replication Updateable Replication What Are Conflicts?
Which Form of Replication is Right for You?
Planning Your Replication Schema Summary

DESIGN OF THE OLTP DATABASE Designing for Online Transaction Processing Normalization Data Storage SQL Reuse Database Locking and Waiting Deadlocks Rollbacks Indexing Summary

DESIGN OF DATA WAREHOUSES AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM DATABASES What Is a Data Warehouse?
Gathering Data Staging and Processing Data Loading and Unloading Data Data Marts Designing the Data Warehouse Summary