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CSC 602 - Assignment 6
CSC 602 - Assignment 6
Assignment #6
Question 4: What are the major inputs into physical database design?
Normalized (and in some cases denormalized) relations, all fields and data types
identified, data usage predictions/analysis, expected response time, data constraints and
validation rules, security, and backup procedures.
Question 8: What are the objectives of selecting a data type for a field?
- by selecting the data type of a field we use the minimum amount of space to store
its values
- we ensure that fields do not accept incorrect data types, i.e. text in a datetime field
Question 1b:
1) CREATE UNIQUE INDEX STUDENTINDEX ON STUDENT(STUDENT_ID)
2) CREATE UNIQUE INDEX STUDENTINDEX ON STUDENT(STUDENT_ID,GPA)
3) CREATE INDEX STUDENTINDEX ON REGISTRATION(STUDENT_ID)