CSE2004 Database Management Systems

Digital Assignment - 2
USING THEN COMPARING, FLAT FILE PROCESSING AND
DBMS APPROACH TO ACCESS AND MANIPULATE DATA

GAURI TYAGI
15BCE0126

COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Dr. Anthoniraj A

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I certify that I have properly cited any material taken from other sources and have obtained
permission for any copyrighted material included in this report. I take full responsibility for any code
submitted as part of this assignment and the contents of this report.

Gauri Tyagi (15BCE0126)

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Abstract
This assignment is an attempt to compare the DBMS approach head-to-head with Flat-File
Processing by using them to access and manipulate a data set. The goal was to understand the
workings of data retrieval and manipulation by the two methods.

1. Introduction
Resource Software Specifications
o Data Set

Data Set Title: Women and currently married women by present age, number of
births last year by sex and birth order - Tamil Nadu
Link: http://tinyurl.com/da2-dataset
Released under: National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP)
Contributor: Ministry of Home Affairs, Registrar General and Census
Commissioner
Published on: September 07,2015

o Programming Language

Programming Language: Java

Version:7
Paradigm: Object-Oriented

o DBMS Software

DBMS Software: MySQL

Version: 5.1
Type: RDBMS
Author(s): MySQL AB
Developer(s): Oracle Corporation
Written in: C, C++

Note: Source Code has been commented in black bold.

SQL Queries are given in red bold.

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2. Flat File Processing

3.
GUI Design view

User can
access choose
records in the
input range

Accesses
complete data
set by reading
open file

Clears the
input/output
data fields
Accesses
complete data
set through
arrays.

The csv file is read line by line.

Each line is split around the ,
delimiter. Each token is stored in
a 2D array

SOURCE CODE

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import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

//imports

public class DA2_f extends javax.swing.JFrame {

/** Creates new form DA2_f */
public DA2_f() {
initComponents();
}

public static void main(String args[]) {

java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new DA2_f().setVisible(true);
}
});
}

//code for View complete data file #1 button

private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
try {
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader
(new FileReader("C:\\Users\\TYAGI\\Downloads\\a1.csv"));
String str;
while ((str = in.readLine()) != null)
{

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jTextArea1.append(str);
//reads lines until no line==null
jTextArea1.append("\n");
}
System.out.println(str);
}
catch (IOException e)
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, e.getMessage());
}
}

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//code for View complete data file #2 button

Try
{
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(new File("F:\\Study\\SEM
3\\DBMS\\DA2\\a.csv")));
String line = "";
int rows=0;
String data[][] = new String[1000][13];
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null)
{
String value[] = line.split(",", 13); //the line must be splited and stored in a 1D array
for (int j=0; j<13; j++)
data[rows][j] = value[j];
//transfer of our array of splited elements one by
one to our 2D array
rows++;
}
for(int i=0;i<rows;i++)
{
for(int j=0;j<13;j++)
{
jTextArea1.append(data[i][j]+'\t');
}
jTextArea1.append("\n");
}
}
catch(Exception e)
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, e.getMessage());
}

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//code for View n records button

private void jButton2ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
try
{
int m=Integer.parseInt(jTextField2.getText());
int n=Integer.parseInt(jTextField1.getText());

//from record m
//to record n

BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(new File("F:\\Study\\SEM

3\\DBMS\\DA2\\a.csv")));
String line = "";
int rows=0;

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String data[][] = new String[1000][13];

while ((line = br.readLine()) != null)

{
String value[] = line.split(",", 13); //the line must be split and stored in 1Darray
for (int j=0; j<13; j++)
data[rows][j] = value[j];
//transfer of our array of split elements
one by one to our 2D array
rows++;
}
for(int i=0;i<1;i++)
//prints the column headings irrespective of the range
selected by the user
{
//i= row counter
for(int j=0;j<13;j++)
//j=column counter
{
jTextArea1.append(data[i][j]+'\t');
}
jTextArea1.append("\n");
}
for(int i=m;i<n;i++)
//prints the records in the range input by the user
{
//i=row counter
for(int j=0;j<13;j++)
//j=column counter
{
jTextArea1.append(data[i][j]+'\t');
}
jTextArea1.append("\n");
}

}
catch(Exception e)
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, e.getMessage());
}

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//code for reset button

private void jButton4ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
jTextArea1.setText("");
jTextField1.setText("");
jTextField2.setText("");

//clears input data

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4. DBMS Manipulation
<<Processing your DBMS with same Programming Language, Add necessary source code,
SQL Queries and output/screenshots>>
NOTE: All SQL queries have been marked in red

//viewing complete data

GUI Design

Table
Component

Outputs complete data from

table da2 in database test
using Select * query and
adds to the table component
with a while loop

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Source Code
//imports
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import java.sql.*;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {

DefaultTableModel t1=(DefaultTableModel)jTable1.getModel();
try
{
Class.forName("java.sql.Driver");
Connection
con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/test","root","");
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Statement stmt=con.createStatement();
String q1="Select * from da2;";
ResultSet rs=stmt.executeQuery(q1);
while(rs.next())
{
String a=rs.getString(1);
String b=rs.getString(2);
String c=rs.getString(3);
String d=rs.getString(4);
String e=rs.getString(5);
String f=rs.getString(6);
String g=rs.getString(7);
String h=rs.getString(8);
String i=rs.getString(9);
String j=rs.getString(10);
String k=rs.getString(11);
String l=rs.getString(12);
String m=rs.getString(13);
t1.addRow(new Object[]{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m});
}
rs.close();
stmt.close();
con.close();
}
catch(Exception e)
{}
}

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//inserting new record

GUI design

Source Code
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
try {
Class.forName("java.sql.Driver");
Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/test","root","");
Statement stmt=con.createStatement();
String a_Name=jTextField1.getText();
String a_Type=jTextField2.getText();
String age_Group=jTextField3.getText();
String t_Women=jTextField4.getText();
String t_CMWomen=jTextField5.getText();
String ly_Male=jTextField6.getText();
String ly_Female=jTextField7.getText();
String ly_O1=jTextField8.getText();
String ly_O2=jTextField9.getText();
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String ly_O3=jTextField10.getText();
String ly_O4=jTextField11.getText();
String district_Code=jTextField12.getText();
String state_Code="33";

String q1="insert into da2

values('"+(state_Code)+"','"+(district_Code)+"','"+(a_Name)+"','"+(a_Type)+"','"+(age_Group)
+"','"+(t_Women)+"','"+(t_CMWomen)+"','"+(ly_Male)+"','"+(ly_Female)+"','"+(ly_O1)+"','"
+(ly_O2)+"','"+(ly_O3)+"','"+(ly_O4)+"');";
stmt.executeUpdate(q1);
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Record inserted");
} catch(Exception e) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, e.getMessage());
}
}
Result

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//viewing custom record

On the mouse click of the value in List 3, the

selected values from the lists are put in a
where clause to retrieve correct data from the
table da2.

GUI Design

Fetches data from the

table da2 and puts in
the corresponding
lists.

Clears all lists and text fields

The user selects one value

from each list. Once all lists
have a selected value, the
corresponding data is
displayed in the appropriate
text fields

Source code
//code for populate list button
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {

DefaultListModel m1=(DefaultListModel)jList1.getModel();
DefaultListModel m2=(DefaultListModel)jList2.getModel();
DefaultListModel m3=(DefaultListModel)jList3.getModel();

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try {
Class.forName("java.sql.Driver");
Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/test","root","");
Statement stmt=con.createStatement();

//creates connection with MySQL server

String q1="select distinct Area_Name from da2;";

ResultSet rs=stmt.executeQuery(q1);
while(rs.next())
{
m1.addElement(rs.getString("Area_Name"));
}
String q2="select distinct Total_Rural_Urban from da2;";
rs=stmt.executeQuery(q2);
while(rs.next())
{
m2.addElement(rs.getString("Total_Rural_Urban"));
}

String q3="select distinct Present_Age from da2;";

rs=stmt.executeQuery(q3);
while(rs.next())
{
m3.addElement(rs.getString("Present_Age"));
}
} catch(Exception e) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, e.getMessage());
}
}
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private void jList3MouseClicked(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {

DefaultListModel m1=(DefaultListModel)jList1.getModel();
DefaultListModel m2=(DefaultListModel)jList2.getModel();
DefaultListModel m3=(DefaultListModel)jList3.getModel();

try {
Class.forName("java.sql.Driver");
Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/test","root","");
Statement stmt=con.createStatement();

//selected values are stored in a string variable.

String Area_Name= (String)jList1.getSelectedValue();
String Total_Rural_Urban= (String)jList2.getSelectedValue();
String Present_Age= (String)jList3.getSelectedValue();

String query="Select * from da2 where (Area_Name='"+(Area_Name)+"' and

Total_Rural_Urban='"+(Total_Rural_Urban)+"' and Present_Age='"+(Present_Age)+"');";

ResultSet rs=stmt.executeQuery(query);

//text fields are filled with the appropriate attribute values

while (rs.next()) {
jTextField1.setText(rs.getString("Total_Women"));
jTextField2.setText(rs.getString("Currently_Married_Women"));
jTextField3.setText(rs.getString("Births_LY_Male"));
jTextField4.setText(rs.getString("Births_LY_Female"));
jTextField5.setText(rs.getString("Births_LY_Order_1"));
jTextField6.setText(rs.getString("Biths_LY_Order_2"));
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jTextField7.setText(rs.getString("Births_LY_Order_3"));
jTextField8.setText(rs.getString("Births_LY_Order_4"));
}

} catch (Exception e) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, e.getMessage());
}
}

//code on reset button

DefaultListModel m1=(DefaultListModel)jList1.getModel();
DefaultListModel m2=(DefaultListModel)jList2.getModel();
DefaultListModel m3=(DefaultListModel)jList3.getModel();

jTextField1.setText("");
jTextField2.setText("");
jTextField3.setText("");
jTextField4.setText("");
jTextField5.setText("");
jTextField6.setText("");
jTextField7.setText("");
jTextField8.setText("");
m1.removeAllElements();
m2.removeAllElements();
m3.removeAllElements();

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Output

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5. Conclusion

(Personal Experience during this assignment)

Flat File Processing is cumbersome. Records in the CSV file had to be split, and
each token had to be transferred to a 2D string array.
Type conversion to be able to work with data is another problem
Although not implemented in this assignment, deletion will be a tedious process as
the huge data records will have to be shifted up and down the array to maintain
consistency.
There is no mapping between any two files. i.e.; any two dependent files are not
linked.
Data Dependence: . If the format of any of the file is changed, then the program for
processing this file needs to be changed. That is smallest change in the file affect all
the programs and need changes in all them.

If our requirement involves appending data, sequential access and little/no

concurrency, flat file processing is the way to go are the way to go.
On the other hand, when we require concurrency, non-sequential reading/writing,
atomicity, atomic permissions, our data is relational by nature, It is a better idea to go
with the DBMS approach.

6. References
>NA
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