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Practice 6-1: Identify Entities and Attributes
In this practice, you identify and model the entities and attributes for Starlight DVD
Rental. Write a brief description of each entity. Show at least two attributes for each
entity.
For your convenience, here is a summary of part of the business analyst’s repor
+ Starlight Rentals wants to introduce memberships (Gold, Silver and Bron
+ A membership can be for an individual customer or an organization,
+ An organization may be a part of another organization
+ Starlight Rentals must keep track of the reasons why memberships terminate
+ The actual fee that is paid by a member can be less than the standard fee
+ The type of membership cannot be modified. An upgrade always leads to termination
of the current membership and creation of a new one.
‘Memberships can be renewed annually
‘A membership can start at any time and is valid for a period of a year.
Silver and Gold memberships entitle members to privileges
‘One privilege is a type-dependent discount percentage of each rental
Oracle Data Modeling and Relational Database Design, A-..y,Practice 6-2: Identify Entities and Attributes
In this practice, you identify and model the entities in the following set of information
requirements
District Hotel Manager, Sharon Ferguson, would like to manage the information that her
company keeps about their hotels, guests, and rooms. Sharon is responsible for multiple
hotels in various locations. Sharon would like to know what rooms she has in which
hotels and what the price is for each room, She would also like to know which rooms
have been reserved for a particular date by a guest
Perform the following tasks:
1. Examine the nouns. Are they things of significance?
2. Name each entity.
3._ Is there information of interest about the entity that the business needs to hold?
4. Diagram each entity and its attributes.
Oracle Data Modeling and Relational Database Design, A-1,