Garage Database

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Garage Database

Introduction

A small garage needs a modern update to its present car data storage

system. The system currently consists of a few simple files containing

sheets of information about the cars and the customers listed in

alphabetical order. However, there has been an increasing amount of

cars being sold recently and more customers becoming interested in

buying a car. Although this system has worked well for a long time,

the garage feels that it cannot cope using this way of ‘old

technology’. So, they have asked me to create a garage database to

modernise and manage the files of cars and customers much more easily.

There are problems though. At the moment they have no computer system

and they do not know how to use a computer very well so they probably

will have problems putting new data and erasing old data on and off

the database.

I will be creating a simple, yet effective database that is

user-friendly to everyone including customers, the main end users, and

the staff, who have not had much experience using computers.

Analysis

A database is a good solution because it is easier and more efficient

to keep than the file method because there is no chance of losing any

of the paperwork. It is also easier to use than some of the other

computer files such as Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word. It is

user-friendly to people who have never really used a computer before

because they can just type in the car of their choice and it will come

up with the specific cars that they want instead of having to scroll

down and find the car that they want out of a large number of cars.

Specification

This section will explain the requirements of this database. In this

database they require:

* The database to be used by customers and staff.

* The customer must not be allowed to edit or input data.

* The staff must be able to edit and input data.

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