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RELATIONAL DATA MODEL

- type of data model that is used by most Database Management Systems or DBMSs.

- stores data in tables, composed of records or “tuples” (rows) and fields (columns),
which may be interconnected.

- a primary key should always have a valid value; cannot have a null value. It uniquely
identifies each record in a database table.

- the composite key, which is composed of two or more attributes that collectively
uniquely identify each record.

Three types of relationships possible based on cardinality:

 ONE-TO-ONE

 ONE-TO-MANY

 MANY-TO-MANY
DATA TYPES

 Text-Up to 255 letters, number digits, symbols, or spaces


 Memo-A large text field, can contain up to 65,535 such characters
 Number-Any numeric value; can be an integer or a real number
 Date/Time-Date and time values
 Currency-Numeric field for holding money values, 15 digits to the left of the decimal
and up to four places to the right
 AutoNumber-Unique numbers generated by Access, can be sequential or randomly
chosen
 Yes/No-Can have only one of two values: Yes or No, True or False, On or Off
 OLE Object-Pictures, sounds, or other similar objects
 Hyperlink-Path to a document, Web page, bookmark in a document, named Excel
range, or database object
 Lookup Wizard- Initiates a dialog to create a field that displays a drop-down list of
acceptable values from another table.

FORMAT
- A place this in a position where an alphanumeric character must appear

 a place this in a position where an alphanumeric character may or may not


appear
 < to make all letters become small letters
 > to capitalize all letters

INPUT MASK

 0 requires a digit from 0 to 9 to be entered


 9 accepts a digit or space
 # accepts a digit, space, or sign (+ or -)
 L requires a letter to be entered
 A accepts any letter or digit
 C accepts any letter, digit, or symbol

CAPTION - is the label of the field or the column heading.

DEFAULT VALUE - value assigned to the field when a new record is created.

VALIDATION RULE - checks the validity of an input value for the field.
 VALIDATION TEXT - appears in a message box if an invalid value is entered.
 THE REQUIRED FIELD - can take values of Yes or No only.
 INDEXED - indicates if this is an index field meaning it will be used to sort records
when Access conducts a search on the tables.
 FIELD SIZE - indicates the maximum number of characters
 ALLOW ZERO LENGTH FIELD – specifies whether the field can contain an empty
string
 FIELD SIZE - determines how big the entered values can be. Since units is of type
Number, you can choose from a list of integers and real numbers
 DECIMAL PLACES - field determines the number of digits to the right of the decimal
point

DATA INTEGRITY

 A DATA MODEL is an abstract way of describing how data are organized.


 OBJECT-BASED LOGICAL MODEL – represents data in a way that is close to the
user’s view of the model environment.
 RECORD-BASED LOGICAL MODEL - used to specify the overall logical makeup of
the
 database.
 PHYSICAL DATA MODEL - used to describe data found at the lowest level.

 ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP MODEL
 RELATIONAL MODEL

 NETWORK MODEL

 HIERARCHICAL MODEL

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