Database design
CS 284 (CSA), Spring 2005
Entity-Relationship diagrams
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Representing ER diagrams as tables
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Technical considerations
Building in limits; costs of joins; logical vs. physical schema;
wide vs. narrow tables; evolutionary modifications; use of keys
XML and databases
Blob; shred; XML database; hybrid approaches
rab@stolaf.edu,
April 25, 2005