Visual Query Interfaces for Databases

As information technology becomes the main force behind human activities, getting information should be done with less effort. Massive programming is a task users attempt to avoid. For novice users, a few steps of simple instructions are sufficient to get information they want. The same desire is re...

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Main Author: Anhar, Hendry
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Language:English
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Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7127/1/FSKTM_2004_1a.pdf
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spelling my-upm-ir.71272011-06-30T06:49:35Z Visual Query Interfaces for Databases 2004-01 Anhar, Hendry As information technology becomes the main force behind human activities, getting information should be done with less effort. Massive programming is a task users attempt to avoid. For novice users, a few steps of simple instructions are sufficient to get information they want. The same desire is required from database users. In databases, retrieving information is the dominant activity. In this work, a visual query interface has been developed as an effort to facilitate query formulation. Java language was used as an implementation tool. The interface consists of two main parts, database creation and query formulation. A key feature of the interface is to support users formulating queries in simple way. With this interface, a user can express his or her query by using visual supports such as tick a table for selecting the table involved in the query. The interface not only allows visual queries but also can produce result of the queries in a visual form. The database schema, referred by users, is also shown on the screen. Although the visual supports are provided, the way a query is formulated still follows the SQL style, namely it follows SELECT-FROM-WHERE clause. Database management Image processing 2004-01 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7127/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7127/1/FSKTM_2004_1a.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Database management Image processing Computer Science and Information Technology English
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
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English
topic Database management
Image processing

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Image processing

Anhar, Hendry
Visual Query Interfaces for Databases
description As information technology becomes the main force behind human activities, getting information should be done with less effort. Massive programming is a task users attempt to avoid. For novice users, a few steps of simple instructions are sufficient to get information they want. The same desire is required from database users. In databases, retrieving information is the dominant activity. In this work, a visual query interface has been developed as an effort to facilitate query formulation. Java language was used as an implementation tool. The interface consists of two main parts, database creation and query formulation. A key feature of the interface is to support users formulating queries in simple way. With this interface, a user can express his or her query by using visual supports such as tick a table for selecting the table involved in the query. The interface not only allows visual queries but also can produce result of the queries in a visual form. The database schema, referred by users, is also shown on the screen. Although the visual supports are provided, the way a query is formulated still follows the SQL style, namely it follows SELECT-FROM-WHERE clause.
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author Anhar, Hendry
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title Visual Query Interfaces for Databases
title_short Visual Query Interfaces for Databases
title_full Visual Query Interfaces for Databases
title_fullStr Visual Query Interfaces for Databases
title_full_unstemmed Visual Query Interfaces for Databases
title_sort visual query interfaces for databases
granting_institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department Computer Science and Information Technology
publishDate 2004
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7127/1/FSKTM_2004_1a.pdf
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