Author: Lisandro Fernigrini
Lisandro is a Database Architect from Rosario, Argentina. With almost 20 years of experience in Oracle and SQL Server, among other database engines, he currently works as Sr. Data Engineer on OZ Digital Consulting. He is also a member of both the Oracle ACE program and the Argentina Oracle User Group. In his free time, he enjoys watching his soccer team (Rosario Central) with his two sons.
ER Diagram for a University Database
In this article, we’re going to demonstrate how to create an entity-relationship diagram (ERD or ER diagram) for a university database. We’ll design it from scratch using the Vertabelo web-based data modeler.
To make our university database ER diagram simpler to understand, we have divided the data model into three main areas:
Career Planning, where we define each career with its required courses and the professors that teach those courses.
Top 6 Online Database Schema Design Tools
Why do you need a database model? And what tools are available to help you in the database design process? We review the best online database schema design tools in this article.
One of the key tasks in the software development cycle is data modeling. Creating a good data model allows us to save costs and speed up development, as explained in the article Why Do You Need Data Modeling?
How to Generate a Snowflake Database Model DDL
In this article, we will see how to use Vertabelo to create a Snowflake DDL script. We’ll start from a data model created online and walk you through the process of generating the SQL script that will create the physical database.
Vertabelo is a powerful yet easy-to-use data modeling tool that can help you create database models for many database engines, including Snowflake.
What Is Snowflake? Snowflake is a Cloud-based Database-as-a-Service designed by former Oracle engineers.
Designing an Amazon Redshift Data Model Using Vertabelo
See how Vertabelo can help you design a database diagram for Redshift.
This article will show you how to use Vertabelo as a database modeling tool for Redshift. It allows you to design and implement a database model in a simple way. (Vertabelo also supports other database management systems, but in this article we’ll focus on the Amazon Redshift DBMS).
What Is Amazon Redshift? Amazon Redshift is a Cloud-based, data warehouse oriented implementation of PostgreSQL database engine designed and offered by Amazon.
Database Design for Online Survey Systems
In this article, we review the steps for creating a database design for an online survey system using Vertabelo Data Modeler. Learn how to create a logical database model, add all the entities and relationships required, and then transform it into a physical database model by generating the SQL scripts to implement it on your database of choice.
This article explains the tasks to create a database model for an online survey system, step by step.
Where to Find Database Diagram Examples
This article discusses various sources of database model examples you can use as a starting point for your data models.
Having a variety of database diagram examples on hand is very useful. This is true whether you are starting your career in database design or consider yourself a seasoned database professional.
It is a good idea to use existing database model examples as a starting point, rather than to try to reinvent the wheel.
Database Design for Multi-Language Applications
While some software systems are used by a limited number of users speaking the same language, most organizations need to unify and centralize their applications to be used by people speaking different languages all around the world. Multilanguage databases present an additional level of difficulty in designing and implementing data models. In this article, we suggest some approaches for dealing with this challenge.
What Information Do We Need to Store in Multiple Languages?
How to Store Login Data in a Database
Figuring out authentication is part of a secure data storage strategy. Find out how to store auth data safely in your database.
Almost every application requires user authentication; that is why authentication data storage is a common feature of database and application design. Special attention is needed to ensure data is kept secure and to avoid breaches that can compromise sensitive information.
Do I Need Authentication or Authorization? Although both words are frequently used in a similar way, they do not mean the same thing.
5 Examples of a UNIQUE Constraint in a Relational Database
5 Examples of a UNIQUE Constraint in a Relational Database UNIQUE constraints help guarantee your data model integrity. This article walks you through 5 examples of UNIQUE constraints in a relational database.
Relational databases allow us to define different kinds of constraints (like UNIQUE) to implement integrity rules and ensure that data complies with them. UNIQUE constraints guarantee that no duplicate information is entered in a column (or that no set of columns has the same combination of values).
What Are the Different Types of Database Constraints?
Database constraints are a key feature of database management systems. They ensure that rules defined at data model creation are enforced when the data is manipulated ( inserted, updated, or deleted) in a database.
Constraints allow us to rely on the database to ensure integrity, accuracy, and reliability of the data stored in it. They are different from validations or controls we define at application or presentation layers; nor do they depend on the experience or knowledge of the users interacting with the system.
