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Relational Model- Practice Problem3

The document presents a relational database state involving Users, Sites, and Entries with specified primary and foreign keys. It outlines a series of operations (UPDATE, DELETE, INSERT) to be performed on the database, requiring an assessment of whether each operation would be successful or not, along with explanations for the outcomes. The operations are independent, and the document emphasizes the importance of referential integrity constraints in determining the success of the operations.

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Relational Model- Practice Problem3

The document presents a relational database state involving Users, Sites, and Entries with specified primary and foreign keys. It outlines a series of operations (UPDATE, DELETE, INSERT) to be performed on the database, requiring an assessment of whether each operation would be successful or not, along with explanations for the outcomes. The operations are independent, and the document emphasizes the importance of referential integrity constraints in determining the success of the operations.

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National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore Campus

Course: Database Systems


Program: BS(Computer Science)
Instructor: Muhammad Ishaq Raza

Practice Problem: Relational Model (3)

Consider the following relational database state. Primary keys (PKs) are underlined and foreign keys (FKs) are in italic font.
Assume referential integrity constraint(RIC) on FKs (Sites.ownerID and Entries.siteID) are ON DELETE CASCADE and ON UPDATE
SET NULL.
Users Sites Entries
userID popularity name siteID siteName ownerID viewCount entryID siteID rating createdDate tag
23 4 Isbah 3 FAN 22 200 1 3 5 2018-05-11 BP
31 1 Izaan 5 W3Schools 13 400 2 3 10 2018-08-11 Views
13 4 Tahreem 6 Online DB 22 300 3 5 15 2018-05-11
22 5 Khadija 8 SQL Guru 23 250 4 8 10 2018-07-11
5 6 19 2018-05-11 FR
6 8 4 2018-05-17 Views

Q. Apply following operations on the above database. State if the operation would be carried out successfully or not. Explain
your answer briefly. In case of successful operation indicate the changes that will be made to the above database and in case of
Reject state the error that occurred. Please note that all operations are independent.

a. UPDATE users SET userID=55 WHERE popularity=4;


Accept  Explain:
Reject 

b. UPDATE entries SET siteID = 1 WHERE rating=10;


Accept  Explain:
Reject 

c. DELETE FROM entries WHERE siteID=3;


Accept  Explain:
Reject 

d. DELETE FROM sites WHERE ownerID=22


Accept  Explain:
Reject 

e. INSERT INTO entries VALUES (6,7 ,5, 2012-05-11, 115);


Accept  Explain:
Reject 

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