Database Management Systems
Term Project
In this project, you will prepare conceptual EER diagrams for a circus organization. For
preparing your EER diagrams, you can use “DB Designer Fork” tool, which is free of charge
and easy to use.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbdesigner-fork/
You can apply your knowledge of EER and “DB Designer Fork” tool to any other tools such
as “Power Designer” (https://www.sap.com/products/powerdesigner-data-modeling-
tools.html) or “Erwin” (https://erwin.com).
Follow the below steps to prepare your project:
1. Use Google and your imagination to collect at least 20 requirements for a circus database
as a bulleted list. Do not think of each attribute as a requirement; only the key attribute is a
requirement itself. The more challenging requirements you find, the more points you will get
(20 pts).
2. Design conceptual EER diagrams using “DB Designer Fork” or any similar tool (40 pts)
and generate a physical model for “SQL Server 2008 (or later versions) or MySql or SQLite
SQL scripts” (5 pts). There must be at least nine entity types and required relationships.
Example Conceptual Model
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Example Physical Model
3. Use SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS 2008 or later versions) or PhpMySql or
SQLite browser (there is no built-in diagram tool in SQLite) to show the generated diagram
(5 pts).
Example: DepartmentID is primary key (key
attribute) in Department table and foreign
key (FK) in EmployeeDeprartmentHistory
table. This is an example of physical
representation of one-to-many relationship
in SQL Server.
4. Fill your database with meaningful records (at least 10 records per table). Write ten critical
questions you picked from your requirements you find very important and explain how you
can answer with SQL queries (30 pts).
Report Format
Database Management System Project Report
First name, last name, student ID
Course Code and name
1. Requirements x 20
2. EER Design (exported as png image from DB Designer Fork)
3. Generated SQL file (from DB Designer Fork)
4. Physical Database Diagrams (screen captured from SQL Server Management Studio or
PhpMyAdmin)
5. Your questions and answers x 10
6. Conclusion (write your experiences and conclusions about what you done)