Welcome aboard to Database Application for Managers

1) What is a database?

2) What is database applications?

3) What is database applications for managers?

4) Database assignment: Design a DB interface, be unique: from simplest ATM, or payroll examples, to a complex DB interface such as school registration system.

    a) Using any programming language such as C++, Java, Visual Basic, or    JavaScript

    b) HTML form

    c) Existing databases

Contribution by Cristian Castro (student)

What is a Database?

Databases are designed to offer an organized mechanism for storing, managing and retrieving information. They do so through the use of tables. If you’re familiar with spreadsheets like Microsoft Excel, you’re probably already accustomed to storing data in tabular form. It’s not much of a stretch to make the leap from spreadsheets to databases. Let’s take a look. Database Tables. Just like Excel tables, database tables consist of columns and rows. Each column contains a different type of attribute and each row corresponds to a single record. For example, imagine that we were building a database table that contained names and telephone numbers. We’d probably set up columns named “FirstName”, “LastName” and “TelephoneNumber.” Then we’d simply start adding rows underneath those columns that contained the data we’re planning to store.
If we were building a table of contact information for our business that has 50 employees, we’d wind up with a table that contains 50 rows.

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What is a database application?

A database application provides a way to perform regular tasks much more efficiently by using a database and programming to control and display information.  An example would be a contact management system for your company, or an online shopping cart.  We develop our web applications using php/mysql. A type of application that helps you keep track of lists of information.  Database applications make it easy to recall and update information and to create reports of subsets of information.

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Contribution by Farzad Anshir (Student)

Database: An organized collection of records presented in a standardized format searched by computers. WebPals, I.D. Weeks Library's Online Catalog, is a database. The periodical indexes available through the library are also databases.

http://www.usd.edu/library/instruction/glossary.shtml