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DATABASE CONNECTOR: A TOOL FOR MANIPULATION ON
DIFFERENT DATABASES
Alok Bajpai1, Hifzan Ahmad2, Rohit Mishra3
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Department of Computer Science & Engineering, S.H.I.A.T.S, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Department of Computer Science & Engineering, KNIT, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
3
Department of Computer Science & Engineering, S.H.I.A.T.S, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Abstract
A database is an organized list of facts and information that can easily be accessed, managed, and updated. Database
management system is a software application that interacts with the user and the database itself to capture and analyze data. A
general-purpose DBMS is designed to allow the definition, creation, querying, update, and administration of databases. There are
many well-known DBMSs which include MySQL, MS Access Database, MS SQL Server, Oracle etc. A database is not generally
portable across different DBMSs, but different DBMSs can interoperate by using standards such as SQL and ODBC or JDBC to
allow a single application to work with more than one DBMS. This paper presents the salient features of developed DataBase
Connector tool. The developed tool allows the user to perform DDL (Data Definition Language) and DML (Data Manipulation
Language) command on different DBMSs including MS Access Database, SQL Server Database, SQL Express Database, XML
Database and Oracle Server Database. The user has no need to have different software application to perform data definition and
data manipulation operation on these different DBMSs.
Keywords— Database, Data Definition Language (DDL), Data Manipulation Language (DML), Structured Query
Language (SQL), Oracle, and Extensible Markup Language (XML).
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1. INTRODUCTION 2. OVERVIEW OF DATABASE CONNECTOR
A database is an organized list of facts and information that DataBase Connector is very easy-to-use software tool which
can easily be accessed, managed, and updated. Database allow the user to connect with different databases and
management system is a software application that interacts perform DDL and DML operations on these databases.
with the user and the database itself to capture and analyze DataBase Connector tool provide the user to connect with the
data. A general-purpose DBMS is designed to allow the MS Access Database, SQL Server Database, SQL Express
definition, creation, querying, update, and administration of Database, My SQL Database, and Oracle Database. If the
databases [1]. The primary goal of a DBMS is to provide a user has only database files (such as xyz.mdb or xyz.mdf),
way to store and retrieve database information that is both the user has required the software of that type of database to
convenient and efficient [2]. There are many well-known open and perform operation on that files, otherwise user can’t
DBMSs which include MySQL, MS Access Database, MS open the database file.For example, if the user has
SQL Server, Oracle etc. A database is not generally portable database.mdb (MS Access database file), the user must need
across different DBMSs, but different DBMSs can Microsoft Access to perform operations on this file or if the
interoperate by using standards such as SQL and ODBC or user has database.mdf(MS SQL database file) the user must
JDBC to allow a single application to work with more than need MS SQL software to perform operations on this file etc.
one DBMS [1]. The user can store their data in any of these The designed and developed DataBase Connector tool
databases for the future use. For instance, if the user has allowthe user to access all the database files discuss above
some important data but these data are in different database without the required database software and the user can get
files e.g. MS Access Database, SQL Server Database SQL the result by executing all type of queries.
Express etc. In this case the user has required the software of
all these DBMSs; otherwise the user cannot get the data 3. FEATURES OF DATABASE CONNECTOR
stored in these database files. To overcome this problem, it is
required to design and develop a tool which allows the user The features of the DataBase Connector tool are as follows:
to perform Data Definition and Data Manipulation operations Allow the user to connect with different databases
on these different DBMSs. The proposed and developed Connectivity with multiple databases using a single tool
DataBase Connector tool is a dotnet (.Net) application that Provides connection with different databases file
can be run on any platform supporting a dotnet (.Net) without database provider software
framework. This paper presents the salient features of Allow user to perform DDL and DML operations on the
developed DataBase Connector tool. The implementation of database by passing simple query
DataBase Connector tool is done through Microsoft Visual Allow the user to save query file
Studio 9.0. Allow the user to get the report
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4. WHY USE DATABASE CONNECTOR?
DataBase Connector tool providesthe facility to the user to
connect either with the database server or windows
authentication database, but most of the times it is used to
connect with the database file. If the user has a database file
of each (MS Access, MS SQL, MYSQL and ORACLE)
database then the user is required to have data provider for
each database type to perform operations and if the user have
no data provider ofthe given databases then the user can't
open database file.
DataBase Connector tool solves the above problem by
providing the facility to the user to connect with the different
databases file without having any database provider. The user
can perform the DDL and DML operationson the database
file by executing simple queries.
Fig. 5.2: Browse Database File
5. IMPLEMENTATION USING MS VISUAL
STUDIO 9.0 As shown in Fig. 5.2, the user set the path of the database file
on which he/she wants to perform operation. On clicking the
The implementation of the presented DataBase Connector Next button the user is redirected to a new window as shown
tool is carried out with Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0 and in Fig. 5.3. The newly opened window allows the user to
provides a graphical user interface. It allows the user to select write down the queries to perform DDL and DML operations
any of the database file which he/she wants to open and on the selected database.
perform operation. The window for the user to choose the
type of database is illustrated in Fig. 5.1.
Fig. 5.1: Choose Database Type Fig. 5.3: Query Analyzer
The type of database to perform operation is decided by the In this window as shown in Fig. 5.4, user can write a query to
user. By default Ms Access Database is selected. On clicking create a new database or new table. The user can also create
the Next button, the user will be redirected to a new window database or table by using a dialog window.To create a table
where the user is asked to browse the database file on which without writing query, the user can select the Option menu
he/she wants to perform operations. The new window for and then select the Create New Table submenu. A new
browsing the existing database file is shown in Fig. 5.2. window will be opened for the user to create a table as
illustrated in Fig. 5.4. The user can define the fields and their
types and the primary key by clicking on the radio button
given against each field. On clicking on the Create button,
the particular table define by the user with the respected field
will be created. The user can also write the query to create a
table as shown in Fig. 5.5.
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If the user select the SQL Server Database in the choose
database type window as shown in Fig. 5.7, the user is
redirected to a new window as illustrated in Fig. 5.8, after
clicking on the Next button.
Fig. 5.4: Create Table Dialog
Fig. 5.7: Select SQL Server Database
Fig. 5.5: Execute Query to Create Table
For example, the user has written a query to create a table
and then perform insertion operation on that table. The user
has to select the specific query which he/she wants to execute
and then click on the execute button (green button). The Fig. 5.8: Server Information
selected query will be executed and the output will be shown
at the bottom of the window as shown in Fig. 5.6. As shown in Fig. 5.8, the user has been asked to enter server
information. The user will get two options of server types:
Local Authentication:In local authentication mode,
the user does not require login credentials. The user
can connect with windows local server without User
ID and Password.
Server Authentication:In server authentication mode,
the user has to enter the login credentials to connect
with the server. So, a user is required to have the
Server Name, User ID and Password.
After giving the details of the server connection when user
clicked on the Next button the user is redirected to a new
window as shown in Fig. 5.9. The newly opened window
asked from the user to select specific database as per the
requirement of the user. After selecting the specific database
when the user clicked on the Next button, the user is
Fig. 5.6: Output of Query Execution redirected to the window shown in Fig. 5.6.
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Fig. 5.9: Choose Database
6. CONCLUSION
The tools are available to perform operation on specific
database files using the required database software of that
type. To overcome this type of problem of the user, it is
required to design and develop a new type of tool which
allows the user to perform DDL and DML operations on
different database files by using the single tool. The
developed DataBase Connector is very user friendly database
tool with graphical user interface. The presented DataBase
Connector tool allows the user to perform DDL and DML
operations on different database file.
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