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 Effective database design is a powerful tool for your business. It will enable you to access to up-to-date, accurate information efficiently. A properly designed database is essential to achieving your goals in working with a database.
The database design process includes:
- Determining the purpose of your database
- Locating and organizing the information required to be stored in your database.
- Dividing your primary information items into major entities, which will become tables.
- Transforming entity attributes into columns. Determine what information you would like to store in each table. Each item becomes a field and is displayed as columns in the table.
- Specifying a primary key for each table. The primary key is the column that will be used to uniquely identify each row of date.
- Creating the table relationships. Determine how the data in one table is related to the data in another table and create new columns or tables to facilitate these relationships.
- Optimizing your database design by analyzing performance, the output of the desired results and data integrity.
- Normalizing your database by applying data normalization rules to ensure your tables are structured correctly.
Your custom database design, database upgrade, modifications or database conversion could be performed in the following database formats:
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Access
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Excel
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FileMaker Pro
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Foxpro / dBase
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InterBase / FireBird
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Lotus
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MySQL
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ODBC DSN
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Oracle
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Paradox
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PostgreSQL
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SQL Server
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SQLite
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Text / CSV Files
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XML / Webservices
When you are ready, get a free database development quote or contact us to learn more..
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