LU04.A07 - ERD: Reingineering of an existing database
From time to time, we may need to analyze an existing database in order to optimize the structure, e.g. for the next software version.
Prerequisites
- Work type: Peer
- Means of aid: W3Schools-SQL-Editor
- Timeframe: 45 Minutes
- Expected result: ERD as a PDF-File, that describes the content of the given date-base in Crow's Foot Notation.
Task
Go to the W3Schools-Website, to the SQL-Editor, and analyze the existing data-structure. Create furthermore an ERD, that describes the existing data-structure in the Crow's Foot Notation.
- Identify all enties.
- Add the attributes and the corresponding data-types to each entity.
- Relate the tables to each other by analysing the primary keys and the foreign keys.