Database Design for Mere Mortals

Chapter 13. Reviewing Data Integrity

	When you have eliminated the             impossible, whatever remains,          however improbable, must be the truth.
	--Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of Four

Topics Covered in This Chapter

• Why You Should Review Data Integrity

• Reviewing and Refining Data Integrity

• Assembling the Database Documentation

• CASE STUDY—Wrap Up

• Summary

You are now at the final stage of the database design process. You've accomplished many things since you started the process. Thus far you have

• perceived the advantages of the relational database model and how it compares to other database models.

• created a mission statement for a new database.

• defined mission objectives for the new database.

• performed a complete analysis of an old database. ...