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SQL Database
- Database is a collection of related data.
- Data is: known facts that can be recorded and have implicit meaning.
- Database is a collection of values in digital form, organized in a efficient way
Data modeling
Data model is a collection of concepts to describe the structure of a database.
Structure of a database includes data types, relationships and constraints that apply to the data.
- High Level: Conceptual data models
- Low Level: Physical data models
- Representational: implementational data models
Conceptual Data Model
Conceptual data models use concepts such as: entities, attributes and relationships.
An entity represents a real-world object or concept. Examples are: Employee, Product, etc...
Entity
An entity contains attributes that have values. For example, an entity Person may have the following attributes: Name, Age, Sex, etc..
Entity Set
A entity set is a collection of entities that share the same attributes. The entities within the set are distinguishable from each other because the values that the attributes have differ. Most of the time this is done via a Primary Key constraint.