Database Design Examples-1

22/03/2004
3 step design
Conceptual Design
Highest level design
Issues: data types, relationships, constraints
Uses ER model
Logical Design
Implementation of conceptual model
3 ways: hierarchical, network, relational
Apply relational model
Uses RA (relational algebra) as a formal query language
Physical Design
Actual computer implementation
Issues: mem. manag., storage, indexing
ER model
The most popular conceptual data modeling technique.
(Give an example of other conceptual design tool?)
Integrates with relational model.
The scenario is partitioned into entities which are
characterized with attributes and interrelated via
relationships. Entity set is a set of entities of
the same type.
Entity is an independent conceptual existence in the
scenario.
An attribute (or a set of attributes) that uniquely
identifies instance of an entity is called the key.
1-) Super key 2-) candidate key (minimal
superkey) 3-) primary key (candidate key chosen by DBA)
An attribute can be single-valued or multi-valued.
cont..
At least 2 entities participate in a relationship.
(give an example of recursive relationship)
Binary relationship, ternary relationship
(give an example of ternary relationship)
Cardinality constraints: 1-1, 1-N, N-M
Relationships may have their own attributes
Example of an ER diagram:
E1 R E2
m1 1 N d
a3
a1 Can we migrate a3? a2
IF we can, to where?
cont..
Weak Entity set: An entity set that does not have enough
attributes to form a primary key.
Think of Transaction entity set(transaction#, date, amount) assuming
that different accounts might have similar transactions.
We need a strong entity set (owner set) in order to
distinguish the entities of weak entity set.
Question: Is there a way to represent this kind of scenario
without using another entity set?
date
account R transaction
1 N amount

Acc# Tran#
Relational Model
Data representation model introduced by Codd,
1970.
E-R RM
Relation Table
Attributes Columns
Table is an unordered collection of tuples(rows).
Degree of a relation is the # of columns.
Data types of attributes: DOMAINS
int, float, character,date, large_object (lob),
user-defined data types(only for ORDBs)
cont..
Logical consistency of data is ensured by
certain constraints:
key :: every relation must have PK key
entity integrity :: no PK can be NULL
referential integrity :: value of attributes of the foreign
key either must appear as a value in PK of another table (or the
same table, give an example) or must be null.
Definitions:
PrimaryKey is chosen among the candidate
key by DBA.
ForeignKey is set of attributes in a relation
which is duplicated in another relation.
ERRM Rules
S/w packages such as Erwin, Oracle
(CASE tools)
Designer 2000, Rational Rose can translate ER
to RM.
4 steps for transformation:
1.) Map each entity set in ER into a separate table in RM
(Also, map the attributes, and PK)
2.) Weak entity set with attributes (a1,..an) and owner
set attributes (b1,b2,..bm): MAP it to a table with
{(a1,..an) U (b1,b2,..bm)} attributes. (b1,b2,..bm)
becomes the foreign key. {(a1,..an) U discriminator}
becomes the PK.
cont..
3.) Binary Relationship S between R1 and R2 entity
sets. Assume (a1,a2,an) is the attributes of S.
If cardinality is 1-1: Chose either relations( say S)
and extend it with {PK(T) U (a1,a2,an)}
If cardinality is 1-N: Chose N-side relation( say S)
and extend it with {PK(T) U (a1,a2,an)}
If cardinality is N-M: Represent it with a new
relation with PK(T) U PK(S) U {(a1,a2,an)}
4.) Multivalued Attribute A of entity set R is
represented with a new relation with {A U PK(S)}.
What is the PK of new table?
Example 1- (3-step design,SQL)

DB of a Managing customer orders

Scenario:
a customer has a unique customer number and
contact information
a customer can place many orders, but a given
purchase order is placed by one customer
a purchase order has a many-to-many relationship
with a stock item.
Here is the ER diagram.
 Example-(Relational model)
CUSTOMER PURCHASE_ORDER
Cust Cust Street City Zip
Cust# Order Ship ToStre ToCity ToZip
Purchase
# Name
Order# Date Date et

PK is (PurchaseOrder#)
Corresponds to 1-N relationship
FK is(Cust#)
CUST_PHONES
Cust Phones CONTAINS STOCK_ITEMS
# Stock# Price TaxRate
Purchase Stock# quantity discount
Order#

PK is (Cust#, Phones)
PK is (PurchaseOrder#, Stock#) Corresponds to N-
M relationship
 Physical Design-DDL
CREATE TABLE Customer ( CREATE TABLE PurchaseOrder (
CustNo NUMBER NOT NULL, PONo NUMBER, /* purchase order no */

CustName VARCHAR2(200) NOT NULL, Custno NUMBER REFERENCES

Street VARCHAR2(200) NOT NULL, Customer,
City VARCHAR2(200) NOT NULL, /* Foreign KEY referencing customer */

State CHAR(2) NOT NULL, OrderDate DATE, /* date of order */

Zip VARCHAR2(20) NOT NULL, ShipDate DATE, /* date to be shipped */

PRIMARY KEY (CustNo) ToStreet VARCHAR2(200), /* shipto address */
); ToCity VARCHAR2(200),
ToState CHAR(2),
CREATE TABLE Contains (
ToZip VARCHAR2(20),
PONo NUMBER REFERENCES PurchaseOrder,
PRIMARY KEY(PONo)
StockNo NUMBER REFERENCES Stock,
);
Quantity NUMBER,
Discount NUMBER,
PRIMARY KEY (PONo, StockNo)
);
 cont..
CREATE TABLE Cust_Phones ( CREATE TABLE Stock (
CustNo NUMBER REFERENCES Customer,
StockNo NUMBER PRIMARY KEY,
Phones VARCHAR2(20),
PRIMARY KEY (CustNo, Phones) Price NUMBER,
); TaxRate NUMBER
);
 DML (data manipulation
language)
INSERT INTO Stock VALUES(1004, 6750.00, 2) ;
INSERT INTO Stock VALUES(1011, 4500.23, 2) ;
INSERT INTO Stock VALUES(1534, 2234.00, 2) ;
INSERT INTO Stock VALUES(1535, 3456.23, 2) ;
******************************************
INSERT INTO Customer VALUES (1, 'Jean Nance', '2 Avocet Drive',
'Redwood Shores', 'CA', '95054') ;
INSERT INTO Customer VALUES (2, 'John Nike', '323 College Drive',
'Edison', 'NJ', '08820') ;
******************************************
INSERT INTO Cust_Phones (1, '415-555-1212);
INSERT INTO Cust_Phones (2, '609-555-1212');
INSERT INTO Cust_Phones (2, '201-555-1212');
 cont..
INSERT INTO PurchaseOrder VALUES (1001, 1, SYSDATE, '10-MAY-
1997',NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) ;
INSERT INTO PurchaseOrder VALUES (2001, 2, SYSDATE, '20 MAY-
1997', '55 Madison Ave', 'Madison', 'WI', '53715') ;
**********************************************
INSERT INTO Contains VALUES( 1001, 1534, 12, 0) ;
INSERT INTO Contains VALUES(1001, 1535, 10, 10) ;
INSERT INTO Contains VALUES(2001, 1004, 1, 0) ;
INSERT INTO Contains VALUES(2001, 1011, 2, 1) ;
**********************************************
NOTE:
You can use bulk loading if the DB has this functionality. Example: Oracle has
SQL*Loader, sqlldr command for bulk loading..
SQL
Q1: Get Customer and Data Item Information for a Specific
Purchase Order
SELECT C.CustNo, C.CustName, C.Street, C.City, C.State, C.Zip,
P.PONo, P.OrderDate,
CO.StockNo, CO.Quantity, CO.Discount
FROM Customer C, PurchaseOrder P, Contains CO
WHERE C.CustNo = P.CustNo
AND P.PONo = CO.PONo
AND P.PONo = 1001 ;
Q2: Get the Total Value of Purchase Orders
SELECT P.PONo, SUM(S.Price * CO.Quantity)
FROM PurchaseOrder P, Contains CO, Stock S
WHERE P.PONo = CO.PONo
AND CO.StockNo = S.StockNo
GROUP BY P.PONo ;
SQL
Q3: List the Purchase Orders whose total value is greater than that
of a specific Purchase Order.
SELECT P.PONo
FROM PurchaseOrder P, Contains CO, Stock S
WHERE P.PONo = CO.PONo
AND CO.StockNo = S.StockNo
AND SUM(S.Price * CO.Quantity) > SELECT SUM(S.Price * CO.Quantity)
FROM Contains CO, Stock S
WHERE CO.PONo = 1001
AND CO.StockNo = S.StockNo
NOTE:
What if >1 customers can have the same PurchaseOrderNumber? Use ANY for a general solution..

SELECT P.PONo
FROM PurchaseOrder P, Contains CO, Stock S
WHERE P.PONo = CO.PONo
AND CO.StockNo = S.StockNo
GROUP BY P.PONo ;
HAVING SUM(S.Price * CO.Quantity) > ALL(SELECT SUM(S.Price * CO.Quantity)
FROM Contains CO, Stock S
WHERE CO.PONo = 1001
AND CO.StockNo = S.StockNo)
SQL
Q4: Find the Purchase Order that has the
maximum total value.
CREATE VIEW X(Purchase,Total) AS
SELECT P.PONo, SUM(S.Price * CO.Quantity)
FROM PurchaseOrder P, Contains CO, Stock S
WHERE P.PONo = CO.PONo
AND CO.StockNo = S.StockNo
GROUP BY P.PONO
---------------------------
SELECT P.PONo
FROM X
GROUP BY P.PONo ;
HAVING Total =( SELECT max(Total)
FROM X)
DML
Delete Purchase Order 1001
DELETE
FROM Contains
WHERE PONo = 1001 ;
DELETE
FROM PurchaseOrder
WHERE PONo = 1001 ;

(Important: The order of commands is important..!!!!)

Delete the database.
drop table Cust_Phones;
drop table Contains;
drop table Stock;
drop table PurchaseOrder;
drop table Customer;
(Important: The order of commands is important..!!!!)
Example-2 (ER, relational algebra)
Scenario for Parking database:
We want to develop a database that has parks and lakes that
are overlapping with each other. Overlapping area is also stored.
Parks have their name, area, distance and a unique id.
Lakes have name, depth, catch and a unique id.

area catch
depth
distance
Park Overlap Lake
Pname M area
N Lname
Pid Lid
 Relations for Parking DB
PARK LAKE
Pid Pname area distance PARK_LAKE
Lid Lname catch depth Lid Pid area
s1 I 150 52 100 L w 20 100 s1 100
200 C t 30 200 s1 255
s2 V 255 75 300 S v 45 300 s3 175
400 T b 28
s3 B 175 300

RA (relational algebra operations)

RA is a formal query language and the core of SQL. Not
implemented in commercial DBs.
RA consists of a set of operands (tables) and operations
(select, project, union,cross-product, difference,
intersection)
 RA operations
select: <selection operation>(relation R)
retrieves the subset of rows.
project: <list of attributes> (relation R)
retrieves the subset of columns.
Assume R and S are tables:

union: R S, all tuples that are R OR S

intersect: R S, all tuples that are both R AND S Requires
compatibility
difference: R - S, all tuples that are in R but not in S
cross-product: R x S, all attributes of R followed by those of S
Join and natural join operations
A derived operation.
Is the cross-product followed by a select.
R c S : c (R x S)
c: the condition that usually refers to the attributes of both R and S.
If c is an equality condition and consists of one column (the
common column), then it is called natural join. (R S)
For complex queries, use the renaming operation,
(newname(1attr1), oldname) means that
the relation oldname becomes the newname. Also the first attribute of
newname table is called the attr1
Relational Algebra on Parking DB
Find the name of the Park which contains
Lake with Lid=100.
1. solution:
Pname (Park Lid=100(ParkLake))
2. solution:
Pname ( Lid=100(ParkLake Park))
3. solution:
(t1, Lid=100(ParkLake))
(t2, t1 Park)
Pname (t2)
 cont..
Find the names of Parks with Lakes which have a
depth of above 25.
Pname (Park (ParkLake ( depth > 25 (Lake)))
Find the depth of lakes that overlap with I.
depth (Lake (ParkLake ( Pname=I (Park)))
Find the names of Parks with at least 1 lake.
Pname (Park (ParkLake))
Find the names of Parks with lakes whose catch is
either b or w.
(t1, catch=b(Lake) catch=w(Lake) )
Pname (Park ParkLake t1)
cont..
Find the names of Parks that have b and
w as the catch in their lakes.
(t1, Pname ( catch=b (Lake) ParkLake Park))
(t2, Pname ( catch=w (Lake) ParkLake Park))
t1 t2
cont..
Find Pid of Parks that are 50 km away from the
city where catch is not t.
Pid ( distance>50 (Park)) - Pid ( catch=t (Lake)
ParkLake Park)
Find the names pf Parks that have at least 2
lakes.
(t1(1Pid1,2Lid1), Pid,Lid ( ParkLake Park))
(t2(1Pid2,2Lid2), Pid,Lid ( ParkLake Park))
(t, t1 x t2)
Pname (Pid1=Pid2) (Lid1 Lid2) (t)
NEXT WEEK, 29/04/2004
MORE DB DESIGN EXAMPLES
(weak entity set, N-ary relationships,
EER model)
SQL examples
(set operations-union,intersect,minus
set comparison operations- contains, some, all
aggregate functions-count, some, avg,max,min
group by, having,order by
delete, update operations)
1.vize: 5 nisan 2004