1.3

List six major steps that you would take in setting up a database for a particular enterprise.

Six major steps in setting up a database for a particular enterprise are:

• Define the high-level requirements of the enterprise (this step generates a document known as the system requirements specification).

• Define a model containing all appropriate types of data and data relationships.

• Define the integrity constraints on the data.

• Define the physical level.

• For each known problem to be solved on a regular basis (e.g., tasks to be carried out by clerks or web users), define a user interface to carry out the task, and write the necessary application programs to implement the user interface.

• Create/initalize the database.