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Review of INFO 605
• In the lecture we will summarize the main
concepts that were covered in DB1. Refer
to the lecture notes of DB1 for more detail
Review of INFO 605
• Database design using ER model
• Relational model theory
• Database manipulation using SQL in
Oracle.
• Database application design and
development
Why ER Model?
• ER modeling is relatively easy to learn and use
• ERD shows a concise representation of the realworld in terms of entities and relationships
• We know how to translate ERDs into relational
schema
• Most CASE tools support one or more variation of
ERDs.
ER Model (Peter Chen 1976)
• Representation
• Constraints
• Operations
Representation
• Entity and Relationship.
• The three main concepts of ER modeling at a lower
level: Entity, Relationships, and Attributes.
- Types of Entity:
.. (Regular) entity: Has its own identifier
.. Weak entity: Its identifier is the concatenation
of the identifier of owner entity and its partial key.
- Types of Relationships:
. By degree:
... Recursive relationship
... Binary relationships
... Ternary relationships
Constraints
- Constraints of ER Models:
(1) Cardinality constraints: 1:1. 1:N, and M:N
(2) Participation constraints: TOTAL
(Mandatory) and PARTIAL (Optional)
- Entity constraints
-- The identifier of an entity cannot be null
-- Weak entity constraints
-- The concatenated identifier of the weak entity
-- Existence dependency
Operations
- What kinds of operations does the ER model
inherently support?
- There have been many research proposals that
automatically navigate the ERD to process
queries.
- However, since we use the ERD as a high level
design tool and translate the ERD into RDB, they
are not important to our discussion.
Relational Theory (E.F. Codd in 1970)
(1) Representation
- A single main concept in RDB is relation, that can be
viewed as a table having columns (attributes) and rows
(tuples).
- A high level logical structure of a database is called a
(database) schema.
- A single table structure is called a scheme.
(2) Constraints
- The three basic constraints of RDB.
(1) Primary Key constraints- Uniqueness and Minimality
(2) Entity constraints: - The PK of a relation cannot be null.
(3) Referential integrity constraints - The value of a Foreign
Key, if not null, must exist in the original relation.
•
Cont’
- Note that these basic integrity constraints can be automatically
enforced at DDL level by commercial database systems.
- Some application-dependent constraints may or may not be
enforced at DDL level.
(3) Operations
- The operations of RDB are formalized by relational algebra,
and implemented in SQL.
- The three basic operations that support the query processing
in RDB are: SELECT, PROJECT, and JOIN.
- Other set operations used for RDB query processing are:
UNION, INTERSECT, and MINUS.
- Other variations include (LEFT, RIGHT, FULL) OUTER
JOIN and RECURSIVE JOIN OPERATION.
Characteristics of Next
Generation Databases
In this part, we will briefly look at recent
trends in database technology. Database
systems which will come in next decade is
referred to as Next Generation database
systems.
Characteristics of Next
Generation Databases
• Rich data model-- which means the new data
models will have more data modeling components
than ER or relational data model
- Object-oriented
- Multimedia data
- Choices for structures
• Highly distributed
- Heterogeneous environment, WWW
- Self-installing, self-managed, highly robust
and automatic coordination
Cont.
• Large storage and memory
- Will have more RAM
- Many commercial DB systems will have
tera/pera bytes or more
• Component DBMS, DB applications may be built by
buying components as we buy HW components
- Support portable DBMSs
- Need to have public interfaces
• High-level environment
- High level query languages and supporting tools
• Intelligent processing
Technologies for Next
Generation Databases
• Traditional Database Technology: Extended RDBMS
(Relational Technology, Semantic Data models, 4GL,
CASE)
• Object-oriented Technology: OODBMS, ORDBMS,
OOA&D, OOP (Rich data model, Natural representation,
SW development, Integration, Productivity, Reusability,
Component-based)
• Knowledge Based Techniques: Expert DBMS (Inference,
AI Technology, Tools for User Interface, Data Mining, and
Knowledge Acquisition, etc.)
• Hypermedia: Multimedia DBMS (User Interface,
Multimedia data, GIS, Imaging DB, VOD (Video on
demand))
• Online Information Retrieval: (Text database,
Information Retrieval, Intelligent Retrieval)
Cont’
• Internet, Networking & Distributed systems (WWW
interface, internet/intranet, Heterogeneous, Resourcesharing, Robust and automatic coordination, Legacy
systems, Client/Server)
• Mass Storage (Optical disks, Scanning, Electronic
publishing, Digital library, DIS)
• Other trends
- Standards (SQL3, OMG, ODMG, CORBA, DCOM...)
- High-level environment (HLQL, supporting tools)
- Component databases (public interface, interoperable,
portable)
- Larger memory
- Parallelism
- New applications (Data Warehousing, Electronic
Commerce, Health-care systems, EOSDIS, ... )
Normalization
- Basic concepts of normalization
- Functional Dependency (FD)
-- Definitions and Semantics
-- FD as integrity constraints
-- Armstrong's axioms
-- Minimal cover
- Lossless join and spurious tuples
- Normal forms (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
-- Multi-valued dependencies & 4NF
-- Join dependencies & 5NF
- Practical ways to use normalization
- Denormaliztion techniques
What is the normalization?
A process to design a highly desirable
relational schemas using relational theory
Why Normalization?
- Normal forms are guidelines for relational
database design
-- Minimize redundancy
-- Avoid potential inconsistency
- Can predict the behavior (problems) of
database systems
- Avoid update anomalies discussed below
What if we don't normalize our
DB schema?
• Your DB will have the following update
anomalies.
• Insertion problem
• Deletion problem
• Update problem
Two DB Schema
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Hierarchy of normal forms
• The normal forms from less strict to more
strict: 1NF, 2NF, 3NF, BCNF, 4NF, 5NF
• We can directly decompose into BCNF or
3NF without going through 2NF.
• Note that BCNF (Boyce-Codd normal
form) is a variation of 3NF. In most cases,
3NF and BCNF are the same and we will
not discuss it in this course.
FD (Functional Dependency)
• FD is a way of representing relationships among
attributes in a relation.
• Notation:
X --> Y, where both X and Y can be a group of
attributes, X: LHS, Y: RHS
We say that
1. X uniquely determines Y,
2. For a given value of X, there is at most one
value of Y associated with X at a time.
Example
Suppose we have R(A, B, C, D, E, F) and data
instances as follows:
A B
C
D
E
F
a1 b1 c1 d1 e1 f1
a1 b2 c1 d1 e2 f2
a2 b2 c2 d1 e2 f2
a3 b3 c1 d2 e3 f1
Which one is valid?
Based on relation above, which of the
following FDs are valid?
(a) A -> C
(b) C -> A
(c) B -> E
(d) C -> D
(e) B -> F
(f) BD -> E
(g) CD -> E
(h) F -> B
SELECTIVE ANSWERS:
(a) A --> C: This is True since for each a1 value, we have the
same c1. Note that it doesn't matter that both a1 and a3 ends
up with the same c1. This is similar to the fact that two
different employees may have the same age.
(b) C --> A: This is false since c1 maps to both a1 and a3. The
examples of (a) and (b) show that FDs are not symmetric.
That is, the fact that A-->C is true doesn't mean C--> A is
true.
(c) B --> E is True
(d) C --> D is False.
(f) BD--> E is True. Since we have two attributes in LHS, we
have to consider the pair of value together as a single of the
LHS.
(g) CD -> E is False.
FD
The FDs in a given relation are determined
by semantics of the relation, not by data
instances.
Example
TEACH (Teacher, Course, Text)
Teacher Course Text
Smith
DS
Bartram
Smith
DBMS
Al-nour
Hall
Compilers Hoffman
Brown
DS
Augen
Example
- TEACH looks to satisfy TEXT --> COURSE since each text
ends up with different course.
- However, it don't semantically make sense to determine the
course by the text book since two different courses could use
the same book. SO, TEXT --> COURSE is False.
- However, instances can be used to disprove a FD
TEACHER -\-> COURSE
since two teacher (Smith) teaches two different courses.
- The correct FD of this relation is TEACHER+COURSE -->
TEXT.
- What else can be disproved from the above data instances?
FD
FD as an integrity constraint
Example WORK (EMP#, DEPT, LOC)
FDs of WORK are:
EMP# --> DEPT
DEPT --> LOC
Example
Suppose WORK table has the following three
instances:
EMP#
E1
E2
E3
DEPT
D1
D2
D1
LOC
Market
Walnut
Market
Example
Which of the following are valid or invalid?
and why? (Hints: check whether or not
your insertion or update would violate any
existing FD!)
INSERT
UPDATE
(1) E1
D1
Walnut
(2) E1
D2
Walnut
(3) E5
D3
Market
SOLUTION for INSERTION
(1) The first insertion is invalid since doing so
would violate the FD DEPT--> LOC.
(2) The second insertion is also invalid since
doing so would violate the FD EMP#-->
DEPT
(3) The third insertion is allowed since doing
so does not violate any FD.
SOLUTION FOR UPDATE
(1) This means changing Market to Walnut.
This update would violate FD DEPT -->
LOC.
(2) This means changing E2 of the 2nd tuple
to E1. This update would violate FD EMP#
--> DEPT
(3) The third update is INSERTION and valid
Example
BORROW (Loan#, Bname, Cname, Amount)
and FDs:
Loan# --> Amount
Loan# --> Bname
What is the semantic difference between the
following two FDs?
(1) Loan# --> Cname
(2) Loan# -\-> Cname
Example
(1) means there is only one customer for each
loan, which means a loan cannot be checked
out by the husband and wife together, for
example.
(2) means for each loan, they may be more
than one customers
How to find FDs?
- List only most direct FDs, not indirect FDs (e.g.,
SSN --> DLOC is an indirect FD)
- List only non-trivial FDs (e.g., SSN --> SSN is a
trivial FD)
- Do not include redundant attributes in an FD in
either LHS or RHS (e.g., SSN, ENAME -->
ENAME, BDATE, ADDRESS has a redundant
attribute in LHS (ENAME))
Example from Book:
EMP_DEPT (ENAME, SSN, BDATE,
ADDRESS,
DNUMBER,
DNAME,
DMGRSSN, DLOC)
The valid FDs in this relation are:
(1) SSN --> ENAME, BDATE, ADDRESS,
DNUMBER
(2) DNUMBER --> DNAME, DMGRSSN,
DLOC
Transitive dependency (TD)
If A --> B and B --> C, then A --> C is
called a TD.
Find a TD in the above
EMP_DEPT
One TD is: SSN --> DNAME since SSN -->
DNUMBER and DNUMBER --> DNAME.
Two other TDs are SSN --> DMGRSSN and
SSN --> DLOC
Armstrong's axioms
• Theorem: Armstrong's axioms are sound and
complete.
• We will not discuss the details of Armstrong's 6
axioms. The 6 axioms are used in manipulating
FDs to remove any redundant FDs, redundant
attributes in each FD, and finding candidate keys.
Elmasri's book discuses them in detail in theoretical
manners.
Just note the meanings and the
importance of the theorem summarized below.
•
Cont.
• By SOUND, we mean that any result derived by
applying the Armstrong's axiom is always correct.
• By COMPLETE, we mean that Armstrong's axiom
can derive all the FDs that are necessary for
computation of normalization.
For example,
- We can find all candidate keys by using
Armstrong's axiom.
- We can compute the minimal cover of relations
using Armstrong's axiom
Minimal cover F of the relation R
- A set of FDs F such that:
(a) There is no redundant attributes in any FDs
(b) There is no redundant FD in F
- The importance of the minimal cover is that we
need to compute the minimal cover before we
apply any normalization algorithms.
- Thus, our normalized schema will not have any
redundant attributes and will not have any relations
that come from redundant FDs.
Candidate key (CK) and FDs
The CK can determine all other attributes of
the R(A, B, C, D, E, F).
Suppose we have two CKs, CK = {A, BD}
Then, A --> B, C, D, E. F
BD --> A, C, E, F
Algorithm for Finding a Key
Once we find a minimal cover, we can find a key
using the following algorithm.
• (1) Find attributes not appearing in the RHS of
any FDs. Then, these are part of any candidate
keys.
• (2) Check whether they can determine all other
attributes by using FDs.
• (3) If not, what other attributes do I need to add to
determine all other attributes?
Examples
STORE (SNAME, ADDR, ZIP, ITEM,
PRICE)
FDs:SNAME --> ADDR
ADDR --> ZIP
SNAME, ITEM --> PRICE
Finding a key:
(1) SNAME does not appear in RHS, so SNAME must
be a part of the key.
(2) since SNAME --> ADDR --> ZIP, we know
SNAME --> ADDR, ZIP
(3) But SNAME alone cannot determine any more.
How can we determine ITEM and PRICE ? If we
have ITEM, then we can determine PRICE So,
SNAME, ITEM --> SNAME, ADDR, ZIP, ITEM,
PRICE
so it satisfies the definition of the key.
Examples of Finding a Key for
relation R (A, B, C, D)
(a)
(b)
(c)
FDs
A--> C
B --> D
C --> D
A -->B
B --> C
A --> D
D --> A
A --> D
D --> A
C --> B
Key
ANSWER
• (a) {AB}
• (b) {A, D} Note that A and D are in 1:1
relationship since A --> D and D --> A.
• (c) {CA, CD} Note that A-->D and D -->
A.
Lossless-Decomposition and
Spurious Tuples
- Decomposition means dividing a table into multiple
tables.
- Decomposition is lossless if it is possible to
reconstruct R from decomposed relations using
JOINs.
• Condition for Lossless Join when R was
decomposed into R1, R2, ...., Rn
•
R = R1¥ R2 ¥ R3 ¥ .... ¥ Rn, where ¥
means JOIN operation.
•
Cont.
• Why need it ?
To maintain the accurate database
• What if not ?
Cause wrong answers for queries
• How to check ?
It is sufficient if any Ri contains a candidate key
of R
• when we used the normalization algorithms for
3NF/BCNF
Cont.
This means that if any of the decomposed
relation contains a CK (or PK) of the
original relation, then the decomposition is
called lossless. This means by joining all
the decomposed relations, we can
reconstruct the original relation
Example
LOAN_ACC (L#, AMT, ACC#, BAL)
L# --> AMT
ACC# --> BAL
Key ?
L# + ACC#
Possible decomposition:
R1(L#, AMT) R2 (ACC#, BAL)
The decomposition is not loss-less, since R1 or R2
does not have a candidate key. (Note that we
cannot correlate L# and ACC#)
Example)
WORK (EMP#, DEPT, LOC)
EMP# --> DEPT
DEPT --> LOC
Key ?
EMP#, since EMP# --> DEPT, LOC
Decomposition
R1 (EMP#, DEPT) R2(DEPT, LOC)
The decomposition is lossless, since R1
contains a candidate key.
Spurious Tuples
• Spurious Tuples are those that appear in
the result of lossy decomposition, but that
do not exist in the original relation R.
•
Example)
A
a1
a2
a3
a3
B
b1
b2
b1
b2
C
c1
c2
c1
c2
Cont
• Lossy decomposition
R1 R2
R3
A B A
C
A
a1 b1 a1 c1
a1
a2 b2 a2 c2
a2
a3 b1 a3 c1
a3
Loss-less decomposition
R4
B
B
C
b1
b1
c1
b2
b2
c2
b1
a3 b2 a3
b2
c2
a3
Perform the join between
R1(A,B) ¥ R2(A,C):
A
a1
a2
a3
a3
a3
a3
B
b1
b2
b1
b1
b2
b2
C
c1
c2
c1
c2*
c1*
c2
Cont
The two tuples with * are spurious tuples that
do not exist in the original relation R.
- Perform the join between R3(A,B)¥
R4(B,C): The result should be the same as
the original R.
Questions: Why does R1 JOIN R2 cause lossy
decomposition and result in spurious tuples?
• Because the decomposition of R into R1 and R2 didn't
follow the FDs.
• The FDs in R are: A --> B B --> C
• The decomposition that follows the FDs are lossless as
shown in R3(A,B) and R4(B,C).
• This means:
- When we normalize we decompose based on FDs, not
randomly.
- After decomposition, one of decomposed relation Ri
must contain a CK to be lossless.