1. INTRODUCTION DATABASE TO

2. Who Needs a Database?????? We all do!!!!!!!!

3. You probably used several databases today without really giving it much thought!

5. A Database does not have to be electronic! The following have been around for years but were not called a database!

6. Assigning Textbooks Discipline Attendance Grades Teacher Names And Addresses Student Names And Addresses A Database Is Used at TMS For The Following: Check out Library Books. Getting lunch in the cafeteria.

7. While a database can be complicated, most are easy to understand. Once you understand them, they are easy to use.

8. How Does a Database Work?

9. Databases offer an organized system for storing, managing and retrieving information. This is done through the use of Tables and Fields. The tables look similar to the worksheets in Excel.

10. Sophisticated databases are really little more than thousands of tables joined together by common pieces of data called fields.

11. Name Phone Number What fields do you think would go into a cell phone Address Book Table? Any thoughts on what a table programmed inside a cell phone might be called? Address Book

13. Some databases have only a few tables and fields while others have thousands.

14. What Common Field is Used by TMS for Student Identification???? Your 000 Number ID  Cafeteria  Discipline  Check in and Out of School  Check out a Library Book  Log on to the Computer  Grades  Attendance

15. Now That You Know a Little About How Databases Work Let’s Look At.. What a Database Does…..

16. Databases save TIME!

17. In business saving TIME means saving MONEY. Ways databases are used in business: Names and addresses of employees. Money earned (payroll), tax deductions Inventory Customer names and addresses

18. Can You Imagine How Long it Would Take to Search File Cabinets for Information???

19. Using Database Software, Retrieving Information Takes Seconds. MySQL

20. For the next few weeks you are going to learn how to use Microsoft Access.

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