Database Systems

Client-Server & Distributed Environment

Lecture 09

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 Client-Server Architecture
• What is a Server?
• What is a Client?

• Relation between server and client.

• Sharing hardware resources.

• Sharing software resources.
• Sharing load and providing security.

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 Client-Server Architecture
• Thin Server

• Thick Server

• Thin Client

• Thick Client

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 Partitioning an Application
• No one optimal client/server architecture.

• Presentation Logic:
• Input
• Output

• Processing Logic:
• I/O processing
• Business rules
• Data management

• Storage Logic:
• Data storage and retrievals
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 Two-Tier Architecture
• Adding processing logic on client; creating thick client.

• Adding processing logic on server;

Creating thick server.

• Distributing processing logic

Between both client and server.

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Database in Two-Tier Architecture

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 Three-Tier Architecture
• Storage logic for database server.

• Processing or business logic for application server.

• Presentation logic for client.

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Database in Three-Tier Architecture

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 N-Tier Architecture
• Storage logic for database server.

• Processing or business logic for application server.

• Additional processing logic for web services.

• Presentation logic for client.

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Database in N-Tier Architecture

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 ODBC Connections
• Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is a standard programming language
middleware application programming interface (API) for accessing database
management systems (DBMS)

• Uses an ODBC driver as a translation layer between the application and the DBMS

• Drivers available for most platforms and most databases

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 ODBC Bridges
• A bridge is a special kind of driver: a driver that uses another driver-based
technology.

• ODBC-to-JDBC bridge
• JDBC-to-ODBC bridge
• OLE DB-to-ODBC bridge
• ADO.NET-to-ODBC bridge

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