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Introducing Database Design and Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler

Database design is the process of producing detailed entity-relationship (ER) diagrams and data flow diagrams (DFDs) in order to produce the data definition language (DDL) scripts that will create the objects needed for the database. Database design consists of requirements analysis, conceptual design, logical design, physical design, and, depending on who you ask, transaction design. (This book will not discuss transaction design.) The process is incremental and iterative, meaning all these phases will be done repeatedly. The backbones of database design are logic theory ...

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