Conventional Files Versus the Database
Database Design in Perspective
- To fully exploit the advantages of database technology, a database must be carefully designed.
- The end product is called a database schema, a technical blueprint of the database.
- Database design translates the data models that were developed for the system users during the definition phase, into data structures supported by the chosen database technology.
- Subsequent to database design, system builders will construct those data structures using the language and tools of the chosen database technology.