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Data Integrity in Geo-Databases

This lecture explores the importance of data integrity in Geo-Databases, including methods for defining integrity constraints, enforcing referential integrity, and using the CHECK clause. It also discusses the role of assertions and triggers in ensuring data integrity.

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Data Integrity in Geo-Databases

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  1. Geo-Databases: lecture 6Data Integrity Prof. Dr. Thomas H. Kolbe Institute for Geodesy and Geoinformation Science Technische Universität Berlin Credits: This material is mostly an english translation of the course module no. 8 (‘Geo-Datenbanksysteme‘) of the open e-content platform www.geoinformation.net.

  2. Data Integrity

  3. Motivation • “Invalid“ states must be avoided: • A student is assigned the mark -6 (in Germany from 1 to 6). • A lecture is assigned a nonexistent lecturer. • A lecturer is neither assigned a lecture nor is he listed in the table “sabbatical semester“. real world real world‘ mini-world mini-world‘ • Integrity constraints describe valid states of the system. Their compliance is controlled by the DBMS.

  4. Data Integrity – Methods presented so far • Already mentioned methods for the definition of integrity constraints are: • Specification of the value domain for each column:ZIP NUMERIC(5,0) • A postal code (ZIP number) is allowed a maximum length of 5 digits (in Germany). • Prohibitionof NULL values:Name VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL • Guarantees that no tuple will have a NULL entry in “Name“(or vice-versa: every tuple must have a “Name“ value different from NULL) • Primary key: • Guarantees that there are no two tuples with identical key attributes • No tuple is allowed the NULL value in a primary key attribute

  5. foreign key foreign key integrity violation! Referential Integrity - Motivation The constraint “Every lecture is held by a lecturer.“ is formally soecified wrt. the database as follows : For each tuple within Vorlesungen (lectures) there is a tuple within professors, such that Vorlesungen.PersNr = Professoren.PersNr In general: referential integrity Referential integrity cannot be guaranteed by the the previously introduced integrity constraints.

  6. Referential integrity in SQL (1) We need language constructs that can be used to introduce primary/foreign key relations to the system. • When to check? • At the end of a data manipulation operation (default) • At the end of a transaction • Principle: • The database is in a state of referential integrity before the manipulation • Changes are only applied, if they are “valid“ • The database is in a state of referential integrity after the manipulation

  7. foreign key foreign key foreign key Referential integrity in SQL (2) • Default strategy: Rejection of invalid changes • 2nd strategy: cascading changes …analogous ON UPDATE CASCADE for cascading UPDATE

  8. Referential integrity in SQL (3) • 3. strategy: insertion of a default value • Similar syntax to ON DELETE / UPDATE CASCADE: • ON DELETE / UPDATE SET NULL: …on deletion / updating the foreign key is set to NULL • ON DELETE / UPDATE SET DEFAULT: …on deletion / updating the foreign key is set to a default value

  9. CHECK Clause • Allows additional constraints on the level of attributes and tables. • Example: Graduates must have studied for at least 8 semesters • CREATE TABLE Graduates  ( ...,Semester INTEGER CHECK Semester >= 8) • CHECK conditions can be as complex as the WHERE conditions: • Only Professors are allowed to hold an exam. • CREATE TABLE Exams( Name VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,...CHECK (Name IN (SELECT Name FROM Professoren)) • Attention! The CHECK constraint is carried out only in case of data • manipulations of the respective table (no checking if “Professoren“ is changed)!

  10. Outlook • If an integrity constraint is not only to be checked on the change of a single table, it has to be formulated on the database schema level. In order to ensure integrity propagation of changes might become necessary. • Assertions • CREATE ASSERTION <name> CHECK <condition> • <condition> like in the WHERE clause • Check is performed on changes to any of the tables specified in <condition> • Resolving of change propagations to ensure integrity (Trigger) • User-defined procedures that are launched automatically if a certain condition is fulfilled • Since SQL:1999 standardised • For more details, see literature

  11. References • Overview: • Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey D. Ullman, Database Systems: The Complete Book, Prentice Hall, 2002 • Alfons Kemper, André Eickler, Datenbanksysteme - Eine Einführung, Oldenbourg Verlag, München, 1996 • Jim Melton, Alan R. Simon, SQL 1999: Understanding Relational Language Components, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2001 • Gottfried Vossen, Datenbankmodelle; Datenbanksprachen und Datenbankmanagement-Systeme, Oldenbourg Verlag, München, 1999

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