数据库系统基础教程第2章解析.docVIP

Exercise 2.2.1a For relation Accounts, the attributes are: acctNo, type, balance For relation Customers, the attributes are: firstName, lastName, idNo, account Exercise 2.2.1b For relation Accounts, the tuples are: (12345, savings, 12000), (23456, checking, 1000), (34567, savings, 25) For relation Customers, the tuples are: (Robbie, Banks, 901-222, 12345), (Lena, Hand, 805-333, 12345), (Lena, Hand, 805-333, 23456) Exercise 2.2.1c For relation Accounts and the first tuple, the components are: 123456 ? acctNo savings ? type 12000 ? balance For relation Customers and the first tuple, the components are: Robbie ? firstName Banks ? lastName 901-222 ? idNo 12345 ? account Exercise 2.2.1d For relation Accounts, a relation schema is: Accounts(acctNo, type, balance) For relation Customers, a relation schema is: Customers(firstName, lastName, idNo, account) Exercise 2.2.1e An example database schema is: Accounts ( acctNo, type, balance ) Customers ( firstName, lastName, idNo, account ) Exercise 2.2.1f A suitable domain for each attribute: acctNo ? Integer type ? String balance ? Integer firstName ? String lastName ? String idNo ? String (because there is a hyphen we cannot use Integer) account ? Integer Exercise 2.2.1g Another equivalent way to present the Account relation: acctNo balance type 34567 25 savings 23456 1000 checking 12345 12000 savings Another equivalent way to present the Customers relation: idNo firstName lastName account 805-333 Lena Hand 23456 805-333 Lena Hand 12345 901-222 Robbie Banks 12345 Exercise 2.2.2 Examples of attributes that are created for primarily serving as keys in a relation: Universal Product Code (UPC) used widely in United States and Canada to track products in stores. Serial Numbers on a wide variety of products to allow the manufacturer to individually track each product. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN), a unique serial