DATABASE

ICT
WORKED BY: ALDIONA DAULLE – 11F
ACCEPTED BY: IVA THIMJO
TURGUT OZAL HIGH SCHOOL TIRANA
2021-2022
 • FILES – a collection of structured related data
• A file can contain many records

• RECORD – each detail in a collection of data is called a record

FILES • A record can contain many fields
RECORDS
• FIELDS – each separate detail is called a field
FIELDS • A field can contain letters, numbers, symbols
• Key field – a data item, which uniquely identifies a record in a
table
 RELATIONSHIPS

FLAT FILE DATABASE – a RELATIONSHIP DATABASE

collection of data held in – a collection of data held
a single table in a number of tables
 RELATIONSHIPS
• ONE – TO- ONE - for each primary key in one table there can only be one match in the other table
• ONE- TO – MANY – the record key is the primary key is the primary key in one table and a foreign key in another
 DATA TYPES
TYPE USE
TEXT/Alphanumeric Text (and numbers)
Number Integer and Real numbers.
Date/Time A date. Formats can be dd/mm/yy, dd/mmm/yyyy, dd/mm/yyyy

Currency State the currency of money value (eg. $ )

Boolean/logical Two values: YES/NO, ON/OFF, TREUE/FALSE

OLE ( Object Linked and embedded) A graph, video, image, sound file
 SEARCHING AND QUERYING
When searching we are
To search a database is expecting to To sort a data is to
to locate records that fit rearrange it
your search criteria see selected
records from original list

Subset- selectived part Criterias – the conditions Wildcards- are used to

from the list used to define a sort or search through text
search
 Database
Validation – a method of checking that the data that has been entered into a system can successfully be used by the programs processing the data

Data entry from – like a formular to get and collect information

A filter- used to select certain records using criteria applied to fields in a record

A query - is a filter that you have previously saved and you can easily access the subsets of records again

A report – useful data for decision – making and analysis that has been formatted as a result of database queries
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