Chapter 9
Chapter 9
DBMS Features
Program Development - user created applications
Backup and Recovery - copies database
Database Usage Reporting - captures statistics on database
usage (who, when, etc.)
Database Access - authorizes access to sections of the
database
Also…
User Programs - makes the presence of the DBMS
transparent to the user
Direct Query - allows authorized users to access data
without programming
Query Language
The query capability permits end users and professional
programmers to access data in the database without the need
for conventional programs.
Can be an internal control issue since users may be
making an ‘end run’ around the controls built into the
conventional programs
IBM’s structured query language (SQL) is a fourth-generation
language that has emerged as the standard query language.
Adopted by ANSI as the standard language for all
relational databases