Databases Illuminated, 3rd Edition

 CHAPTER 

2

Database Planning and Database Architecture

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2.1.    Data as a Resource

2.2.    Characteristics of Data

2.3.    Stages in Database Design

2.4.    Design Tools

2.5.    Database Administration

2.6.    The Three-Level Database Architecture

2.7.    Overview of Data Models

2.8.    Chapter Summary

Exercises

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES

In this chapter you will learn the following:

›  The distinction between data and information

›  The four levels of discussion about data

›  The steps in staged database design

›  The functions of a database administrator

›  The distinction between DDL and DML

›  The rationale for and contents of the three-level database architecture

›  The meaning of logical and physical data independence

›  Characteristics ...