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CSE: Advance Database Management Systems (ADBMS)

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A distributed database is a collection of multiple interconnected databases,

which are spread physically across various locations that communicate via a
computer network.

Distributed DBMS Architectures

DDBMS architectures are generally developed depending on three
parameters −

 Distribution − It states the physical distribution of data across the different

sites.

 Autonomy − It indicates the distribution of control of the database system and

the degree to which each constituent DBMS can operate independently.

 Heterogeneity − It refers to the uniformity or dissimilarity of the data models,

system components and databases.

Architectural Models
Some of the common architectural models are −

 Client - Server Architecture for DDBMS

 Peer - to - Peer Architecture for DDBMS

 Multi - DBMS Architecture

Client - Server Architecture for DDBMS

This is a two-level architecture where the functionality is divided into
servers and clients. The server functions primarily encompass data
management, query processing, optimization and transaction
management.Client functions include mainly user interface. However, they
have some functions like consistency checking and transaction
management.

The two different client - server architecture are −

 Single Server Multiple Client

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 Multiple Server Multiple Client (shown in the following diagram)

Peer- to-Peer Architecture for DDBMS

In these systems, each peer acts both as a client and a server for imparting
database services. The peers share their resource with other peers and co-
ordinate their activities.

This architecture generally has four levels of schemas −

 Global Conceptual Schema − Depicts the global logical view of data.

 Local Conceptual Schema − Depicts logical data organization at each site.

 Local Internal Schema − Depicts physical data organization at each site.

 External Schema − Depicts user view of data.

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Multi - DBMS Architectures

This is an integrated database system formed by a collection of two or more
autonomous database systems.

Multi-DBMS can be expressed through six levels of schemas −

 Multi-database View Level − Depicts multiple user views comprising of

subsets of the integrated distributed database.

 Multi-database Conceptual Level − Depicts integrated multi-database that

comprises of global logical multi-database structure definitions.

 Multi-database Internal Level − Depicts the data distribution across different

sites and multi-database to local data mapping.

 Local database View Level − Depicts public view of local data.

 Local database Conceptual Level − Depicts local data organization at each

site.
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 Local database Internal Level − Depicts physical data organization at each

site.

There are two design alternatives for multi-DBMS −

 Model with multi-database conceptual level.

 Model without multi-database conceptual level.

Advantages of distributed database:

1) In a distributed database, data can be stored in different systems like personal

computers, servers, mainframes, etc.

2) A user doesn’t know where the data is located physically. Database presents the
data to the user as if it were located locally.

3) Database can be accessed over different networks.

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4) Data can be joined and updated from different tables which are located on different
machines.

5) Even if a system fails the integrity of the distributed database is maintained.

6) A distributed database is secure.

Disadvantages of distributed database:

1) Since the data is accessed from a remote system, performance is reduced.

2) Static SQL cannot be used.

3) Network traffic is increased in a distributed database.

4) Database optimization is difficult in a distributed database.

5) Different data formats are used in different systems.

6) Different DBMS products are used in different systems which increases in complexity
of the system.

7) Managing system catalog is a difficult task.

8) While recovering a failed system, the DBMS has to make sure that the recovered
system is consistent with other systems.

9) Managing distributed deadlock is a difficult task.

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What is PL/SQL?
PL/SQL stands for Procedural Language extension of SQL.

PL/SQL is a block structured language. The programs of PL/SQL are logical blocks that can
contain any number of nested sub-blocks. Pl/SQL stands for "Procedural Language
extension of SQL" that is used in Oracle. PL/SQL is integrated with Oracle database (since
version 7). The functionalities of PL/SQL usually extended after each release of Oracle
database. Although PL/SQL is closely integrated with SQL language, yet it adds some
programming constraints that are not available in SQL.

PL/SQL Procedure
The PL/SQL stored procedure or simply a procedure is a PL/SQL block which performs one
or more specific tasks. It is just like procedures in other programming languages.

The procedure contains a header and a body.

o Header: The header contains the name of the procedure and the parameters or
variables passed to the procedure.

o Body: The body contains a declaration section, execution section and exception
section similar to a general PL/SQL block.
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How to pass parameters in procedure:

When you want to create a procedure or function, you have to define parameters .There is
three ways to pass parameters in procedure:

1. IN parameters: The IN parameter can be referenced by the procedure or function.

The value of the parameter cannot be overwritten by the procedure or the function.

2. OUT parameters: The OUT parameter cannot be referenced by the procedure or

function, but the value of the parameter can be overwritten by the procedure or
function.

3. INOUT parameters: The INOUT parameter can be referenced by the procedure or

function and the value of the parameter can be overwritten by the procedure or
function.

PL/SQL Create Procedure

Syntax for creating procedure:

1. CREATE [OR REPLACE] PROCEDURE procedure_name

2. [ (parameter [,parameter]) ]
3. IS
4. [declaration_section]
5. BEGIN
6. executable_section
7. [EXCEPTION
8. exception_section]
9. END [procedure_name];

Create procedure example

In this example, we are going to insert record in user table. So you need to create user
table first.

Table creation:

1. create table user(id number(10) primary key,name varchar2(100));

Now write the procedure code to insert record in user table.

Procedure Code:
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1. create or replace procedure "INSERTUSER"

2. (id IN NUMBER,
3. name IN VARCHAR2)
4. is
5. begin
6. insert into user values(id,name);
7. end;
8. /

Output:

Procedure created.

PL/SQL program to call procedure

Let's see the code to call above created procedure.

1. BEGIN
2. insertuser(101,'Rahul');
3. dbms_output.put_line('record inserted successfully');
4. END;
5. /

Now, see the "USER" table, you will see one record is inserted.

ID Name

101 Rahul

PL/SQL Drop Procedure

Syntax for drop procedure

1. DROP PROCEDURE procedure_name;

Example of drop procedure

1. DROP PROCEDURE pro1;

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PL/SQL Function
The PL/SQL Function is very similar to PL/SQL Procedure. The main difference between
procedure and a function is, a function must always return a value, and on the other hand a
procedure may or may not return a value. Except this, all the other things of PL/SQL
procedure are true for PL/SQL function too.

Syntax to create a function:

1. CREATE [OR REPLACE] FUNCTION function_name [parameters]

2. [(parameter_name [IN | OUT | IN OUT] type [, ...])]
3. RETURN return_datatype
4. {IS | AS}
5. BEGIN
6. < function_body >
7. END [function_name];

Here:

o Function_name: specifies the name of the function.

o [OR REPLACE] option allows modifying an existing function.

o The optional parameter list contains name, mode and types of the parameters.

o IN represents that value will be passed from outside and OUT represents that this
parameter will be used to return a value outside of the procedure.

The function must contain a return statement.

o RETURN clause specifies that data type you are going to return from the function.

o Function_body contains the executable part.

o The AS keyword is used instead of the IS keyword for creating a standalone function.

PL/SQL Function Example

Let's see a simple example to create a function.

1. create or replace function adder(n1 in number, n2 in number)

2. return number
3. is
4. n3 number(8); // Declaration
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6. n3 :=n1+n2;
7. return n3;
8. end;
9. /

Now write another program to call the function.

1. DECLARE
2. n3 number(2);
3. BEGIN
4. n3 := adder(11,22);
5. dbms_output.put_line('Addition is: ' || n3);
6. END;
7. /

Output:

Addition is: 33
Statement processed.
0.05 seconds

Another PL/SQL Function Example

Let's take an example to demonstrate Declaring, Defining and Invoking a simple PL/SQL
function which will compute and return the maximum of two values.

1. DECLARE
2. a number;
3. b number;
4. c number;
5. FUNCTION findMax(x IN number, y IN number)
6. RETURN number
7. IS
8. z number;
9. BEGIN
10. IF x > y THEN
11. z:= x;
12. ELSE
13. Z:= y;
14. END IF;
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15.
16. RETURN z;
17. END;
18. BEGIN // Calling
19. a:= 23;
20. b:= 45;
21.
22. c := findMax(a, b);
23. dbms_output.put_line(' Maximum of (23,45): ' || c);
24. END;
25. /

Output:

Maximum of (23,45): 45
Statement processed.
0.02 seconds

PL/SQL function example using table

Let's take a customer table. This example illustrates creating and calling a standalone
function. This function will return the total number of CUSTOMERS in the customers table.

Create customers table and have records in it.

Customers

Id Name Department Salary

1 alex web developer 35000

2 ricky program developer 45000

3 mohan web designer 35000

4 dilshad database manager 44000

Create Function:

1. CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION totalCustomers

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2. RETURN number
3. IS
4. total number(2) := 0;
5. BEGIN
6. SELECT count(*) into total
7. FROM customers;
8. RETURN total;
9. END;
10. /

After the execution of above code, you will get the following result.

Function created.

Calling PL/SQL Function:

While creating a function, you have to give a definition of what the function has to do. To
use a function, you will have to call that function to perform the defined task. Once the
function is called, the program control is transferred to the called function.

After the successful completion of the defined task, the call function returns program control
back to the main program.

To call a function you have to pass the required parameters along with function name and if
function returns a value then you can store returned value. Following program calls the
function totalCustomers from an anonymous block:

1. DECLARE
2. c number(2);
3. BEGIN
4. c := totalCustomers();
5. dbms_output.put_line('Total no. of Customers: ' || c);
6. END;
7. /

After the execution of above code in SQL prompt, you will get the following result.

Total no. of Customers: 4

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

PL/SQL Recursive Function

You already know that a program or a subprogram can call another subprogram. When a
subprogram calls itself, it is called recursive call and the process is known as recursion.
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Example to calculate the factorial of a number

Let's take an example to calculate the factorial of a number. This example calculates the
factorial of a given number by calling itself recursively.

1. DECLARE
2. num number;
3. factorial number;
4.
5. FUNCTION fact(x number)
6. RETURN number
7. IS
8. f number;
9. BEGIN
10. IF x=0 THEN
11. f := 1;
12. ELSE
13. f := x * fact(x-1);
14. END IF;
15. RETURN f;
16. END;
17.
18. BEGIN
19. num:= 6;
20. factorial := fact(num);
21. dbms_output.put_line(' Factorial '|| num || ' is ' || factorial);
22. END;
23. /

After the execution of above code at SQL prompt, it produces the following result.

Factorial 6 is 720
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

PL/SQL Drop Function

Syntax for removing your created function:

If you want to remove your created function from the database, you should use the
following syntax.
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1. DROP FUNCTION function_name;

PL/SQL packages are schema objects that groups logically related PL/SQL
types, variables and subprograms.

A package will have two mandatory parts:

 Package specification

 Package body or definition

Package Specification
The specification is the interface to the package. It just DECLARES the
types, variables, constants, exceptions, cursors, and subprograms that can
be referenced from outside the package. In other words, it contains all
information about the content of the package, but excludes the code for the
subprograms.

All objects placed in the specification are called public objects. Any
subprogram not in the package specification but coded in the package body
is called a private object.

Package Body
The package body has the codes for various methods declared in the
package specification and other private declarations, which are hidden from
code outside the package.

The CREATE PACKAGE BODY Statement is used for creating the package
body.

Using the Package Elements

The package elements (variables, procedures or functions) are accessed
with the following syntax:

package_name.element_name;

Example:
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The following program provides a more complete package. We will use the
CUSTOMERS table stored in our database with the following records:

Select*fromcustomers;
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
|1|Ramesh|32|Ahmedabad|3000.00|
|2|Khilan|25|Delhi|3000.00|
|3| kaushik |23|Kota|3000.00|
|4|Chaitali|25|Mumbai|7500.00|
|5|Hardik|27|Bhopal|9500.00|
|6|Komal|22| MP |5500.00|
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

THE PACKAGE SPECIFICATION:

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE c_package AS
--Adds a customer
PROCEDURE addCustomer(c_id customers.id%type,
c_namecustomers.name%type, // c_name is the name of variable and its type is name of
customers.
c_age customers.age%type,
c_addr customers.address%type,
c_sal customers.salary%type);

--Removes a customer
PROCEDURE delCustomer(c_id customers.id%TYPE);
--Lists all customers
PROCEDURE listCustomer;

END c_package;
/

When the above code is executed at SQL prompt, it creates the above
package and displays the following result:
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Package created.

CREATING THE PACKAGE BODY:

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY c_package AS
PROCEDURE addCustomer(c_id customers.id%type,
c_name customers.name%type,
c_age customers.age%type,
c_addr customers.address%type,
c_sal customers.salary%type)
IS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO customers (id,name,age,address,salary)
VALUES(c_id, c_name, c_age, c_addr, c_sal);
END addCustomer;

PROCEDURE delCustomer(c_id customers.id%type) IS

BEGIN
DELETE FROM customers
WHERE id = c_id;
END delCustomer;

PROCEDURE listCustomer IS
CURSOR c_customers is
SELECT name FROM customers;
TYPE c_list is TABLE OF customers.name%type;
name_list c_list := c_list();
counter integer :=0;
BEGIN
FOR n IN c_customers LOOP
counter := counter +1;
name_list.extend;
name_list(counter):= n.name;
dbms_output.put_line('Customer('||counter||')'||name_list(counter));
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END LOOP;
END listCustomer;
END c_package;
/

Above example makes use of nested table which we will discuss in the
next chapter. When the above code is executed at SQL prompt, it produces
the following result:

Package body created.

USING THE PACKAGE:

The following program uses the methods declared and defined in the
package c_package.

DECLARE
code customers.id%type:=8;
BEGIN
c_package.addcustomer(7,'Rajnish',25,'Chennai',3500);
c_package.addcustomer(8,'Subham',32,'Delhi',7500);
c_package.listcustomer;
c_package.delcustomer(code);
c_package.listcustomer;
END;
/

When the above code is executed at SQL prompt, it produces the following
result:

Customer(1):Ramesh
Customer(2):Khilan
Customer(3): kaushik
Customer(4):Chaitali
Customer(5):Hardik
Customer(6):Komal
Customer(7):Rajnish
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Customer(8):Subham
Customer(1):Ramesh
Customer(2):Khilan
Customer(3): kaushik
Customer(4):Chaitali
Customer(5):Hardik
Customer(6):Komal
Customer(7):Rajnish

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed

PL/SQL Trigger
Trigger is invoked by Oracle engine automatically whenever a specified event occurs.Trigger
is stored into database and invoked repeatedly, when specific condition match.

Triggers are stored programs, which are automatically executed or fired when some event
occurs.

Triggers are written to be executed in response to any of the following events.

o A database manipulation (DML) statement (DELETE, INSERT, or UPDATE).

o A database definition (DDL) statement (CREATE, ALTER, or DROP).

o A database operation (SERVERERROR, LOGON, LOGOFF, STARTUP, or SHUTDOWN).

Triggers could be defined on the table, view, schema, or database with which the event is
associated.

Advantages of Triggers
These are the following advantages of Triggers:

o Trigger generates some derived column values automatically

o Enforces referential integrity

o Event logging and storing information on table access

o Auditing

o Synchronous replication of tables

o Imposing security authorizations

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o Preventing invalid transactions

Creating a trigger:
Syntax for creating trigger:

1. CREATE [OR REPLACE ] TRIGGER trigger_name

2. {BEFORE | AFTER | INSTEAD OF }
3. {INSERT [OR] | UPDATE [OR] | DELETE}
4. [OF col_name]
5. ON table_name
6. [REFERENCING OLD AS o NEW AS n]
7. [FOR EACH ROW]
8. WHEN (condition)
9. DECLARE
10. Declaration-statements
11. BEGIN
12. Executable-statements
13. EXCEPTION
14. Exception-handling-statements
15. END;

Here,

o CREATE [OR REPLACE] TRIGGER trigger_name: It creates or replaces an existing

trigger with the trigger_name.

o {BEFORE | AFTER | INSTEAD OF} :This specifies when the trigger would be
executed. The INSTEAD OF clause is used for creating trigger on a view.

o {INSERT [OR] | UPDATE [OR] | DELETE}: This specifies the DML operation.

o [OF col_name]: This specifies the column name that would be updated.

o [ON table_name]: This specifies the name of the table associated with the trigger.

o [REFERENCING OLD AS o NEW AS n]: This allows you to refer new and old values for
various DML statements, like INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE.

o [FOR EACH ROW]: This specifies a row level trigger, i.e., the trigger would be
executed for each row being affected. Otherwise the trigger will execute just once
when the SQL statement is executed, which is called a table level trigger.
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o WHEN (condition): This provides a condition for rows for which the trigger would fire.
This clause is valid only for row level triggers.

PL/SQL Trigger Example

Let's take a simple example to demonstrate the trigger. In this example, we are using the
following CUSTOMERS table:

Create table and have records:

ID NAME AGE ADDRESS SALARY

1 Ramesh 23 Allahabad 20000

2 Suresh 22 Kanpur 22000

3 Mahesh 24 Ghaziabad 24000

4 Chandan 25 Noida 26000

5 Alex 21 Paris 28000

6 Sunita 20 Delhi 30000

Create trigger:

Let's take a program to create a row level trigger for the CUSTOMERS table that would fire
for INSERT or UPDATE or DELETE operations performed on the CUSTOMERS table. This
trigger will display the salary difference between the old values and new values:

1. CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER display_salary_changes

2. BEFORE DELETE OR INSERT OR UPDATE ON customers
3. FOR EACH ROW
4. WHEN (NEW.ID > 0)
5. DECLARE
6. sal_diff number;
7. BEGIN
8. sal_diff := :NEW.salary - :OLD.salary;
9. dbms_output.put_line('Old salary: ' || :OLD.salary);
10. dbms_output.put_line('New salary: ' || :NEW.salary);
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11. dbms_output.put_line('Salary difference: ' || sal_diff);

12. END;
13. /

After the execution of the above code at SQL Prompt, it produces the following result.

Trigger created.
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Static or Embedded SQL are SQL statements in an application that do not change at
runtime and, therefore, can be hard-coded into the
application. DynamicSQL is SQL statements that are constructed at runtime; for example,
the application may allow users to enter their own queries.

Dynamic SQL is a programming technique that enables you to buildSQL statements

dynamically at runtime. You can create more general purpose, flexible applications by
using dynamic SQL because the full text of a SQL statement may be unknown at
compilation.

S.No. Static (embedded) SQL Dynamic (interactive) SQL

In static SQL how database will be accessed is In dynamic SQL, how database will be accessed is
1.
predetermined in the embedded SQL statement. determined at run time.
2. It is more swift and efficient. It is less swift and efficient.
3. SQL statements are compiled at compile time. SQL statements are compiled at run time.
Parsing, validation, optimization, and generation of Parsing, validation, optimization, and generation of
4.
application plan are done at compile time. application plan are done at run time.
It is generally used for situations where data is It is generally used for situations where data is distributed
5.
distributed uniformly. non-uniformly.
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE, EXECUTE and EXECUTE IMMEDIATE, EXECUTE and PREPARE
6.
PREPARE statements are not used. statements are used.
7. It is less flexible. It is more flexible.

Dynamic SQL refers to SQL code that is generated within an application or from the system tables
and then executed against the database to manipulate the data. The SQL code is not stored in the
source program, but rather it is generated based on user input. This can include determining not only
what objects are involved, but also the filter criteria and other qualifiers that define the set of data
being acted on.
Using this approach, we can develop powerful applications that allow us to create database objects
and manipulate them based on user input. For example, suppose you are working on a web
application that will include a function that presents the user with a screen that contains series of
parameters to define the information, then that the application performs a search based on the
parameters that have been filled in.
Without using Dynamic SQL, we would have to code the query to account for all the combinations of
the various parameter fields.
Select * from Customer
Where ((CustNM is not null and CustNM like 'John Doe%') or CustNM is null) and
((Age is not null and Age = '') or Age is null) and
((Sex is not null and Sex = '') or Sex is null) and
((Cars is not null and Cars = 2) or Cars is null)
If there are only a few, it is okay, but when you have 10 or more parameters, you can end up with a
complex query, particularly if you allow the user to specify conditions between parameters such
as AND, OR, etc.
The more typical approach used by application developers is to use a routine that parses the fields
within the client program and builds the WHERE clause to contain just the criteria needed. This results
in SQL code created in the application that is based on the user input. In our applications, we can
generate the query from these components to specify what we want to see and in what format.
Select * from Customer
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Where CustName like 'John Doe%' and Cars = 2

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DATABASE SYSTEM STRUCTURE

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A Database system is partitioned into modules that deal with each of the
responsibilities of the overall system. The functional components of a database system
can be broadly divided into the storage manager and query processor components.

The storage manager is important because databases typically require a large amount
of storage space. Corporate databases range in of data. A gigabyte is 1000 megabytes
(1 billion bytes), and a terabyte is 1 million megabytes (1 trillion bytes), since the
main memory of computers cannot store this much information, the information is
stored on disks. Data are moved between disk storage and main memory of computers
cannot store this much information, the information is stored on disks. Data are
moved between disk storage and main memory as needed. Since the movement of
data to and from disk is slow relative to the speed of the central processing unit, it is
imperative that the database system structure the data so as to minimize the need to
move data between disk and main memory.

The Query Processor is important because it helps the database system simplify and
facilitate access to data. High level views help to achieve this goal; with them, users
of the system are not be burdened unnecessarily with the physical details of the
implementation of the system. However, quick processing of updates and queries is
important. It is the job of the database system to translate updates and queries is
important. It is the job of the database system to translate updates and queries written
in a nonprocedural language, at the logical level, into an efficient sequence of
operations at the physical level.
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Storage Manager

A storage manager is a program module that provides the interface between the low
level data stored in the database and the application programs and queries submitted
to the system. The storage manager is responsible for the interaction with the file
manager. The raw data are stored on the disk using the file system, which is usually
provided by a conventional operating system. The storage manager translates the
various DML statements into low level file system commands. Thus, the storage
manager is responsible for storing, retrieving and updating data in the database.

The storage manager components include:

 Authorization and integrity manager

Which tests for the satisfaction of integrity constraints and checks the authority of
users to access data.

 Transaction manager
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Which ensures that the database remains in a consistent correct) state despite system
failures, and that concurrent transaction executions proceed without conflicting.

 File Manager

Which manages the allocation of space on disk storage and the data structures used to
represent information stored on disk.

 Buffer manager

Which is responsible for fetching data from disk storage into main memory, and
deciding what data to cache in main memory. The buffer manager is a critical part of
the database system, since it enables the database to handle data sizes that are much
larger than the size of main memory.

The storage manager implements several data structures as part of the physical system
implementation:

 Data files, which store the database itself.

 Data dictionary, which stores metadata about the structure of the database, in
particular the schema of the database.
 Indices, which provide fast access to data items that hold particular values.

The Query Processor

The query processor components include

 DDL interpreter, which interprets DDL statements and records the definitions
in the data dictionary.
 DML compiler, which translates DML statements in a query language into an
evaluation plan consisting of low level instructions that the query evaluation
engine understands.

A query can usually be translated into any of a number of alternative evaluation plans
that all give the same result. The DML compiler also performs query optimization,
that is it picks the lowest cost evaluation plan from among the alternatives.

o Query evaluation engine, which executes low level instructions

generated by the DML compiler.

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What is a Relational Model?

Relational model stores data in the form of tables. This concept purposed by Dr. E.F.
Codd, a researcher of IBM in the year 1960s. The relational model consists of three
major components:
1. The set of relations and set of domains that defines the way data can be represented
(data structure).
2. Integrity rules that define the procedure to protect the data (data integrity).
3. The operations that can be performed on data (data manipulation).
A rational model database is defined as a database that allows you to group its data
items into one or more independent tables that can be related to one another by using
fields common to each related table.

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DATA REPLICATION
Data Replication is the process of storing data in more than one site or node. This is
necessary for improving the availability of data. There can be full replication, in which a
copy of the whole database is stored at every site. There can also be partial replication,
in which case, some fragment (important frequently· used fragments) of the database
are replicated and others are not replicated. There are a number of advantages and
disadvantages to replication.
Advantages & Disadvantages of Data Replication

There are following advantages of replication:

Availability
If one of the sites containing relation R fails, then the relation R can be obtained from
another site. Thus, queries (involving relation R) can be continued to be processed in
spite of the failure of one site.
Increased parallelism
The sites containing relation R can process queries (involving relation R) in parallel This
leads to faster query execution.
Less Data Movement over Network
The more replicas of, a relation are there, the greater are the chances that the required
data is found where the transaction is executing. Hence, data replication reduces
movement of data among sites and. increases .speed of processing.
Disadvantages of Data Replication
There are following disadvantages of replication:
Increased overhead on update.
When an updation is required, a database system must ensure that all replicas are
updated.
Require more disk space
Storing replicas of same data at different sites consumes more disk space.
Expensive
Concurrency control and recovery techniques will be more advanced and hence more
expensive.
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Security Considerations
Updated Software
It is mandatory to keep you software updated. It plays vital role in keeping
your website secure.

SQL Injection
It is an attempt by the hackers to manipulate your database. It is easy to
insert rogue code into your query that can be used to manipulate your
database such as change tables, get information or delete data.

Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

It allows the attackers to inject client side script into web pages. Therefore,
while creating a form It is good to endure that you check the data being
submitted and encode or strip out any HTML.

Error Messages
You need to be careful about how much information to be given in the error
messages. For example, if the user fails to log in the error message should
not let the user know which field is incorrect: username or password.

Validation of Data
The validation should be performed on both server side and client side.

Passwords
It is good to enforce password requirements such as of minimum of eight
characters, including upper case, lower case and special character. It will
help to protect user‟s information in long run.

Upload files
The file uploaded by the user may contain a script that when executed on
the server opens up your website.

SSL
It is good practice to use SSL protocol while passing personal information
between website and web server or database.
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RDBMS Implementation

Relational database technology remains the mechanism of choice for data storage in information
management systems. BlazeLIMS supports Oracle and SQL Server, the two industry standards for
RDBMS, giving the customer the choice of the system most suitable to the situation. This choice allows
for cost effective installations ranging from 5 or fewer concurrent users up to hundreds of concurrent
users:

 Oracle
o Superior concurrency management.
o More suitable for larger systems with more concurrent users.
o More expensive.
o More difficult to maintain.
 SQL Server
o Less effective concurrency management - susceptible to more deadlocks.
o More suitable for systems with fewer concurrent users.
o Less expensive.
o Royalty free low-end database engine.
o Easier to maintain.
o More friendly tools.

Perhaps more important than choice of database is how the database is used. BlazeLIMS has been
implemented using the highest quality approach:

 Proper transaction bounding with brief transactions and minimum locking windows, using an
optimistic locking model, provides superior concurrency management.
 Use of the most efficient API (native SQLNet for Oracle, ODBC for SQL Server).
 Server-only read/write transactionsinsures robust scaleable operation.
 Superior physical schema implementation reduces long term DBA maintenance/tuning costs.
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 Proprietary automated query generation insures predictable response times in the face of
common query optimizer weaknesses.
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INTEGRITY CONSTRAINTS OVER RELATION

INTRODUCTION
Database integrity refers to the validity and consistency of stored data. Integrity is
usually expressed in terms of constraints, which are consistency rules that the database
is not permitted to violate. Constraints may apply to each attribute or they may apply
to relationships between tables.
Integrity constraints ensure that changes (update deletion, insertion) made to the
database by authorized users do not result in a loss of data consistency. Thus, integrity
constraints guard against accidental damage to the database.

EXAMPLE- A brood group must be „A‟ or „B‟ or „AB‟ or „O‟ only (can not any other
values else).

TYPES OF INTEGRITY CONSTRAINTS

Various types of integrity constraints are-

1. Domain Integrity
2. Entity Integrity Constraint
3. Referential Integrity Constraint
4. Key Constraints
1. Domain Integrity- Domain integrity means the definition of a valid set of values for an attribute.
You define data type, length or size, is null value allowed , is the value unique or not for an attribute ,the
default value, the range (values in between) and/or specific values for the attribute.

2. Entity Integrity Constraint- This rule states that in any database relation value of
attribute of a primary key can't be null.

EXAMPLE- Consider a relation "STUDENT" Where "Stu_id" is a primary key and it must
not contain any null value whereas other attributes may contain null value e.g
"Branch" in the following relation contains one null value.
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3.Referential Integrity Constraint-It states that if a foreign key exists in a relation

then either the foreign key value must match a primary key value of some tuple in its
home relation or the foreign key value must be null.

The rules are:

1. You can't delete a record from a primary table if matching records exist in a related table.
2. You can't change a primary key value in the primary table if that record has related records.
3. You can't enter a value in the foreign key field of the related table that doesn't exist in the primary key of the
primary table.
4. However, you can enter a Null value in the foreign key, specifying that the records are unrelated.

EXAMPLE-Consider 2 relations "stu" and "stu_1" Where "Stu_id " is the primary key in the "stu" relation
and foreign key in the "stu_1" relation.
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Examples

Rule 1. You can't delete any of the rows in the ”stu” relation that are visible since all the ”stu” are in use in
the “stu_1” relation.
Rule 2. You can't change any of the ”Stu_id” in the “stu” relation since all the “Stu_id” are in use in the
”stu_1” relation.
Rule 3. The values that you can enter in the” Stu_id” field in the “stu_1” relation must be in the” Stu_id” field
in the “stu” relation.
Rule 4 You can enter a null value in the "stu_1" relation if the records are unrelated.

4.Key Constraints- A Key Constraint is a statement that a certain minimal subset of the fields of a
relation is a unique identifier for a tuple.
There are 4 types of key constraints-
1. Candidate key.
2. Super key
3. Primary key
4. Foreign key

Relational Algebra
Relational algebra is a procedural query language, which takes instances of
relations as input and yields instances of relations as output. It uses
operators to perform queries. An operator can be
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either unary or binary.They accept relations as their input and yield

relations as their output.Relational algebra is performed recursively on a
relation and intermediate results are also considered relations.

The fundamental operations of relational algebra are as follows −

 Select

 Project

 Union

 Set different

 Cartesian product

 Rename

We will discuss all these operations in the following sections.

Select Operation (σ)

It selects tuples that satisfy the given predicate from a relation.

Notation − σp(r)

Where σ stands for selection predicate and r stands for relation. p is

prepositional logic formula which may use connectors like and, or, and not.
These terms may use relational operators like − =, ≠, ≥, < , >, ≤.

For example −

σsubject = "database"(Books)

Output − Selects tuples from books where subject is 'database'.

σsubject = "database" and price = "450"(Books)

Output − Selects tuples from books where subject is 'database' and 'price'
is 450.

σsubject = "database" and price = "450" or year > "2010"(Books)

Output − Selects tuples from books where subject is 'database' and 'price'
is 450 or those books published after 2010.
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Project Operation (∏)

It projects column(s) that satisfy a given predicate.

Notation − ∏A1, A2, An (r)

Where A1, A2 , An are attribute names of relation r.

Duplicate rows are automatically eliminated, as relation is a set.

For example −

∏subject, author (Books)

Selects and projects columns named as subject and author from the
relation Books.

Union Operation (∪)

It performs binary union between two given relations and is defined as −

r ∪ s = { t | t ∈ r or t ∈ s}

Notation − r U s

Where r and s are either database relations or relation result set

(temporary relation).

For a union operation to be valid, the following conditions must hold −

 r, and s must have the same number of attributes.

 Attribute domains must be compatible.

 Duplicate tuples are automatically eliminated.

∏ author (Books) ∪∏author (Articles)

Output − Projects the names of the authors who have either written a book
or an article or both.

Set Difference (−)

The result of set difference operation is tuples, which are present in one
relation but are not in the second relation.
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Notation − r − s

Finds all the tuples that are present in r but not in s.

∏ author (Books) − ∏ author (Articles)

Output − Provides the name of authors who have written books but not
articles.

Cartesian Product (Χ)

Combines information of two different relations into one.

Notation − r Χ s

Where r and s are relations and their output will be defined as −

r Χ s = { q t | q ∈ r and t ∈ s}

σauthor = 'tutorialspoint'(Books Χ Articles)

Output − Yields a relation, which shows all the books and articles written
by tutorialspoint.

Rename Operation (ρ)

The results of relational algebra are also relations but without any name.
The rename operation allows us to rename the output relation. 'rename'
operation is denoted with small Greek letter rho ρ.

Notation − ρ x (E)

Where the result of expression E is saved with name of x.

Additional operations are −

 Set intersection

 Assignment

 Natural join
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Database Architecture
Database architecture is logically divided into two types.

1. Logical two-tier Client / Server architecture

2. Logical three-tier Client / Server architecture

Two-tier Client / Server Architecture

Two-tier Client / Server architecture is used for User Interface program and Application Programs
that runs on client side. An interface called ODBC(Open Database Connectivity) provides an API
that allow client side program to call the dbms. Most DBMS vendors provide ODBC drivers. A client
program may connect to several DBMS's. In this architecture some variation of client is also possible
for example in some DBMS's more functionality is transferred to the client including data dictionary,
optimization etc. Such clients are called Data server.

Three-tier Client / Server Architecture

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Three-tier Client / Server database architecture is commonly used architecture for web applications.
Intermediate layer called Application server or Web Server stores the web connectivty software
and the business logic(constraints) part of application used to access the right amount of data from
the database server. This layer acts like medium for sending partially processed data between the
database server and the client.

Explain Inheritance and its types in Object oriented

Data Model?
Inheritance
Inheritance is the mechanism that permits new classes to be created out of
existing classes by extending and refining its capabilities. The existing
classes are called the base classes/parent classes/super-classes, and the
new classes are called the derived classes/child classes/subclasses. The
subclass can inherit or derive the attributes and methods of the super-
class(es) provided that the super-class allows so. Besides, the subclass may
add its own attributes and methods and may modify any of the super-class
methods. Inheritance defines an “is – a” relationship.
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Example

From a class Mammal, a number of classes can be derived such as Human,

Cat, Dog, Cow, etc. Humans, cats, dogs, and cows all have the distinct
characteristics of mammals. In addition, each has its own particular
characteristics. It can be said that a cow “is – a” mammal.

Types of Inheritance:
 Single Inheritance : A subclass derives from a single super-class.

 Multiple Inheritance : A subclass derives from more than one super-classes.

 Multilevel Inheritance : A subclass derives from a super-class which in turn is

derived from another class and so on.

 Hierarchical Inheritance : A class has a number of subclasses each of which

may have subsequent subclasses, continuing for a number of levels, so as to
form a tree structure.

 Hybrid Inheritance : A combination of multiple and multilevel inheritance so

as to form a lattice structure.

The following figure depicts the examples of different types of inheritance.

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UNIT 3 and 4
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What is the the need for Complex Data Type?

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What is a DTD?
A DTD is a Document Type Definition.

A DTD defines the structure and the legal elements and attributes of an XML
document.

Why Use a DTD?

With a DTD, independent groups of people can agree on a standard DTD for
interchanging data.

An application can use a DTD to verify that XML data is valid.

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An Internal DTD Declaration

If the DTD is declared inside the XML file, it must be wrapped inside the
<!DOCTYPE> definition:

XML document with an internal DTD

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE note [
<!ELEMENT note (to,from,heading,body)>
<!ELEMENT to (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT from (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT heading (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT body (#PCDATA)>
]>
<note>
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend</body>
</note>

An External DTD Declaration

If the DTD is declared in an external file, the <!DOCTYPE> definition must
contain a reference to the DTD file:

XML document with a reference to an external DTD

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE note SYSTEM "note.dtd">
<note>
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>

And here is the file "note.dtd", which contains the DTD:

<!ELEMENT note (to,from,heading,body)>

<!ELEMENT to (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT from (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT heading (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT body (#PCDATA)>

XML Namespaces - The xmlns Attribute

When using prefixes in XML, a namespace for the prefix must be defined.

The namespace can be defined by an xmlns attribute in the start tag of an

element.

The namespace declaration has the following syntax. xmlns:prefix="URI".

<root>

<h:table xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/">
<h:tr>
<h:td>Apples</h:td>
<h:td>Bananas</h:td>
</h:tr>
</h:table>

<f:table xmlns:f="http://www.w3schools.com/furniture">
<f:name>African Coffee Table</f:name>
<f:width>80</f:width>
<f:length>120</f:length>
</f:table>

</root>
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SAX (Simple API for XML)

SAX (Simple API for XML) is an application program interface (API) that
allows a programmer to interpret a Web file that uses the Extensible Markup
Language (XML) - that is, a Web file that describes a collection of data. SAX
is an alternative to using the Document Object Model (DOM) to interpret the
XML file. As its name suggests, it's a simpler interface than DOM and is
appropriate where many or very large files are to be processed, but it contains
fewer capabilities for manipulating the data content.

SAX is an event-driven interface. The programmer specifies an event that

may happen and, if it does, SAX gets control and handles the situation. SAX
works directly with an XML parser.

SAX was developed collaboratively by members of the XML-DEV mailing list

(currently hosted by OASIS). The original version of SAX, which was specific
to Java, was the first API for XML in Java to gain broad industry support.
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PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database

system(ORDBMS). It has more than 15 years of active development and a
proven architecture that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability,
data integrity, and correctness.

It is used to store data securely; supporting best practices and allow retrieving them when
request is processed.

PostgreSQL (also pronounced as Post-gress-Q-L) is developed by the PostgreSQL Global

Development Group (a worldwide team of volunteers). It is not controlled by any
corporation or other private entity. It is open source and its source code is available free of
charge.

PostgreSQL is cross platform and runs on many operating systems such as Linux, FreeBSD,
OS X, Solaris, and Microsoft Windows etc.
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PostgreSQL Features
o PostgreSQL runs on all major operating systems i.e. Linux, UNIX (AIX, BSD, HP-UX,
SGI IRIX, Mac OS X, Solaris, Tru64), and Windows etc.

o PostgreSQL supports text, images, sounds, and video, and includes programming
interfaces for C / C++, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl and Open Database Connectivity
(ODBC).

o PostgreSQL supports a lot of features of SQL like Complex SQL queries, SQL Sub-
selects, Foreign keys, Trigger, Views, Transactions, Multiversion concurrency control
(MVCC), Streaming Replication (as of 9.0), Hot Standby (as of 9.0).

o In PostgreSQL, table can be set to inherit their characteristics from a "parent" table.

o You can install several extensions to add additional functionality to PostgreSQL.

PostgreSQL Data Types

A datatype specifies, what kind of data you want to store in the table field. While creating
table, for each column, you have to use a datatype.

There are mainly three types of datatypes in PotgreSQL. Besides this, users can also create
their own custom datatypes using CREATE TYPE SQL command.

Following are the mainly three types of datatypes in PostgreSQL:

o Numeric datatype

o String datatype

o Date/time datatype

Numeric Data Type

Numeric datatype is used to specify the numeric data into the table.

name description storage range

size

smallint stores whole numbers, 2 bytes -32768 to +32767

small range.

integer stores whole 4 bytes -2147483648 to +2147483647

numbers.use this when
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you want to store typical

integers.

bigint stores whole numbers, 8 bytes -9223372036854775808 to

large range. 9223372036854775807

decimal user-specified precision, variable up to 131072 digits before the

exact decimal point; up to 16383 digits
after the decimal point.

numeric user-specified precision, variable up to 131072 digits before the

exact decimal point; up to 16383 digits
after the decimal point.

real variable-precision, 4 bytes 6 decimal digits precision.

inexact

double variable-precision, 8 bytes 15 decimal digits precision

precision inexact

serial auto incrementing 4 bytes 1 to 2147483647

integer

bigserial large auto incrementing 8 bytes 1 to 9223372036854775807

integer

String Data Type

String datatype is used to represent the string type values.

Datatype Explanation

char(size) Here size is the number of characters to store. Fixed-length strings.

Space padded on right to equal size characters.

character(size) Here size is the number of characters to store. Fixed-length strings.

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Space padded on right to equal size characters.

varchar(size) Here size is the number of characters to store. Variable-length string.

character Here size is the number of characters to store. Variable-length string.

varying(size)

text Variable-length string.

Date/Time Data Type

The date/time datatype is used to represent the columns using date and time values.

Name Description Storage Minimum value Maximum Resolution

size value

timestamp both 8 4713 bc 294276 ad 1

[ (p) ] [ date and bytes microsecond
without time (no / 14 digits
time zone ] time
zone)

timestamp both 8 4713 bc 294276 ad 1

[ (p) ] with date and bytes microsecond
time zone time, / 14 digits
with time
zone

date date (no 4 4713 bc 5874897 1 day

time of bytes ad
day)

time [ (p) ] time of 8 00:00:00 24:00:00 1

[ without day (no bytes microsecond
time zone ] date) / 14 digits
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time [ (p) ] times of 12 00:00:00+1459 24:00:00- 1

with time day only, bytes 1459 microsecond
zone with time / 14 digits
zone

interval [ time 12 -178000000 178000000 1

fields ] [ interval bytes years years microsecond
(p) ] / 14 digits

Some other data Types

Boolean type:

Name Description Storage size

boolean it specifies the state of true or false. 1 byte

Monetary type:

Name Description Storage Range

size

money currency 8 bytes -92233720368547758.08 to

amount +92233720368547758.07

Geometric Type:
Geometric data types represent two-dimensional spatial objects. The most fundamental
type, the point, forms the basis for all of the other types.

Name Storage size Representation Description

point 16 bytes point on a plane (x,y)

line 32 bytes infinite line (not fully ((x1,y1),(x2,y2))

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implemented)

lseg 32 bytes finite line segment ((x1,y1),(x2,y2))

box 32 bytes rectangular box ((x1,y1),(x2,y2))

path 16+16n closed path (similar to ((x1,y1),...)

bytes polygon)

path 16+16n open path [(x1,y1),...]

bytes

polygon 40+16n polygon (similar to closed ((x1,y1),...)

path)

circle 24 bytes circle <(x,y),r> (center point and

radius)

Oracle database (Oracle DB)is a relational database management system

(RDBMS) from the Oracle Corporation. Originally developed in 1977 by Lawrence Ellison and other
developers, Oracle DB is one of the most trusted and widely-used relational database engines.
The system is built around a relational database framework in which data objects may be directly
accessed by users (or an application front end) through structured query language (SQL). Oracle is
a fully scalable relational database architecture and is often used by global enterprises, which
manage and process data across wide and local area networks. The Oracle database has its own
network component to allow communications across networks. Oracle DB is also known as Oracle
RDBMS and, sometimes, just Oracle.

IBM DB2is a database product from IBM. It is a Relational Database

Management System (RDBMS). DB2 is designed to store, analyze and retrieve
the data efficiently. DB2 product is extended with the support of Object-
Oriented features and non-relational structures with XML.

Initially, IBM had developed DB2 product for their specific platform. Since year
1990, it decided to develop a Universal Database (UDB) DB2 Server, which can
run on any authoritative operating systems such as Linux, UNIX, and Windows.
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SQL Standards
Oracle strives to comply with industry-accepted standards and participates actively in SQL
standards committees. Industry-accepted committees are the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) and the International Standards Organization (ISO), which is affiliated with the
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Both ANSI and the ISO/IEC have accepted
SQL as the standard language for relational databases. When a new SQL standard is
simultaneously published by these organizations, the names of the standards conform to
conventions used by the organization, but the standards are technically identical.

The latest SQL standard was adopted in July 1999 and is often called SQL:99. The formal names
of this standard are:

 ANSI X3.135-1999, "Database Language SQL", Parts 1 ("Framework"), 2

("Foundation"), and 5 ("Bindings")
 ISO/IEC 9075:1999, "Database Language SQL", Parts 1 ("Framework"),
2 ("Foundation"), and 5 ("Bindings")
 SQL/CLI : an updated definition of the extension Call Level Interface, originally published in
1995, also known as CLI-95 ISO/IEC 9075-3:1999
 SQL/PSM : an updated definition of the extension Persistent Stored Modules, originally
published in 1996, also known as PSM-96 ISO/IEC 9075-4:1999

The SQL:2003 standard makes minor modifications to all parts of SQL:1999 (also known as SQL3),
and officially introduces a few new features such as:[1]

 XML-related features (SQL/XML)

 Window functions
 the sequence generator, which allows standardized sequences
 two new column types: auto-generated values and identity-columns
 the new MERGE statement
 extensions to the CREATE TABLE statement, to allow "CREATE TABLE AS" and "CREATE
TABLE LIKE"
 removal of the poorly implemented "BIT" and "BIT VARYING" data types
 OLAP capabilities (initially added in SQL:1999) were extended with a window function.[2]
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What is XQuery?

 XQuery is the language for querying XML data

 XQuery for XML is like SQL for databases
 XQuery is built on XPath expressions
 XQuery is supported by all major databases
 XQuery is a W3C Recommendation

XQuery Example
for $x in doc("books.xml")/bookstore/book
where $x/price>30
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order by $x/title
return $x/title

What is XPath?
XPath is a major element in the XSLT standard.

XPath can be used to navigate through elements and attributes in an XML

document.

 XPath is a syntax for defining parts of an XML document

 XPath uses path expressions to navigate in XML documents
 XPath contains a library of standard functions
 XPath is a major element in the XSLT standard
 XPath is a W3C recommendation

XPath

XPath standards for XML Path language. XPATH is a major element in XSLT. It is used for selection
and addressing elements and attributes in an XML document. It is basically a syntax used to describe
parts of an XML document. The root node is the XPath node that contains the entire document. The
root node also contains comments or processing instructions that are outside the document element.
Every element in the original XML document is represented by an XPath element node. At a
minimum, an element node is the parent of one attribute node for each attribute in the XML source
document. XPath is in fact a subset of XQuery.

XQuery

XQuery stands for XML query. It was designed to query collections of XML data. XQuery supports XPath
natively therefore it can do everything that XPath can do. It supplements this with a SQL-like
FLWOR(FOR, LET, WHERE, ORDER BY, RETURN) expression. Its capabilities overlap with XSLT.
XSLT was primarily conceived as a stylesheet language to render XML for the human reader on screen,
XQuery was conceived as a database query language.XSLT therefore is better in its handling of
narrative documents with more flexible structure, while XQuery is stronger in its data handling.

XPointer
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XPointer stands for XML Pointer language. The XPointer Framework is defined at
http://www.w3.org/TR/xptrframework/. It is closely related to XPath and uses XPath expressions to
find points inside parsed entities. It could be used to create a link from one document to an element
inside another. It is similar to fragment identifier in HTML but more versatile.

WHAT IS WEB SERVICES?

A Web Service is can be defined by following ways:

o is a client server application or application component for communication.

o method of communication between two devices over network.

o is a software system for interoperable machine to machine communication.

o is a collection of standards or protocols for exchanging information between two

devices or application.

Let's understand it by the figure given below:

As you can see in the figure, java, .net or PHP applications can communicate with other
applications through web service over the network. For example, java application can
interact with Java, .Net and PHP applications. So web service is a language independent way
of communication.

SOAP Web Services

SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a protocol specification for exchanging structured
information in the implementation of web services in computer networks. Its purpose is to induce
extensibility, neutrality and independence.
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It is a XML-based protocol for accessing web services.

SOAP is a W3C recommendation for communication between two applications.

SOAP is XML based protocol. It is platform independent and language independent. By using
SOAP, you will be able to interact with other programming language applications.

Advantages of Soap Web Services

WS Security: SOAP defines its own security known as WS Security.

Language and Platform independent: SOAP web services can be written in any
programming language and executed in any platform.

Disadvantages of Soap Web Services

Slow: SOAP uses XML format that must be parsed to be read. It defines many standards
that must be followed while developing the SOAP applications. So it is slow and consumes
more bandwidth and resource.

WSDL dependent: SOAP uses WSDL and doesn't have any other mechanism to discover
the service.

WHAT IS WSDL?
The Web Services Description Language (WSDL /ˈwɪzdəl/) is an XML-based interface definition
language that is used for describing the functionality offered by a web service.
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Other Diagrams for Web services:-

Web services play a complementary and dominant role in building global IS for
today's dynamic business world. Web services are self-contained, modular
applications that can be described, published, located and invoked over a network.
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Web services perform functions ranging from simple requests to complicated

business processes. Once a web service is developed, other applications and other
web services can discover and invoke the deployed service through universal
description, discovery and integration. The idea of web service is to leverage the
advantages of the web as a platform to apply it to the application services. We use
them, not just to the static information.