LPs Database 1

LPs Database Design Project

David Adler, Tyler Kaye, Melissa Ludeman and Robyn Ward

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Emporia State University

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Mission Statement

The purpose of the LPs’ database is to provide a searchable inventory of David

Adler’s music record collection.

Mission Objectives

• To provide information about the contents of the collection

• To provide methods for searching through the collection
• To provide methods for printing out the collection inventory
• To distinguish the different parts of the collection
• To maintain new and existing information

Analysis of Current Database

This collection of phonograph records consists of vinyl recordings of various

genres and types, amassed over the past fifty years by David Adler. Some of these
recordings may have significant collector value. A portion of the collection was gifted to
David by his friend Liza Goldblatt, and includes rare recordings of Asian music.

The current database used to inventory the collection is a flat file WORD
document that is incomplete, as only Liza’s portion of the collection is represented. The
database is divided into four parts: classical, jazz/gospel/folk/pop, music of Nepal and
Tibet, and miscellaneous world music. All the international LPs are listed alphabetically
by album title, and the rest are listed alphabetically by performing artist. Information
about each record album currently includes only album title, composer/performing artist,
record label and label manufacturing number.

The database needs to be revised into a relational database, reorganized to reflect

proper cataloging procedures, and updated to include David’s part of the collection and to
allow for new acquisitions. Provisions for more detailed information about each
recording needs to be created, as well as provisions for different types of reports and
database views, so that a more flexible and comprehensive analysis of the collection may
be done.

Possible Future Enhancements

The phonograph collection may be enlarged in the future by additions from other
people. There should be a way of identifying who owned these additions.
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Types of Reports Needed:

1) Full listing of phonograph record attributes providing a general description of

each record element and who owns it. It would include title, genre, name of
manufacturer label, label number, RPM, how many vinyl disks are in each album
set, the tracks, artist last name, composer last name, artist group name, owner
name, number of copies of each title and who owns them, and general comments
about each recording.

2) A way of identifying which person owns a specific recording.

3) A list of recordings that identifies which composers and their works are
represented in the collection.

4) A list of recordings that identifies which artists and their works are represented in
the collection.

5) A way of identifying the tracks on each phonograph record.

Views:

1) Full record for general description of recording elements and ownership.

Fields include Title, Genre, ComposerID, Composer LastName, ArtistID,
ArtistGroupName, ArtistLastName, LabelName, LabelNumber, RPM,
SetNumber, OwnerID, OwnerLastName, Comments.

2) Owner record for identifying which person owns specific recordings.

Fields include Title, OwnerID, OwnerLastName.

3) Composer record to identify which composers and their works are represented in
the collection.
Fields include ComposerID, ComposerLastName, Title, Genre, OwnerID,
OwnerLastName.

4) Artist record to identify which artists and their recordings are represented in the
collection. Fields include ArtistID, ArtistGroupName, ArtistLastName, Title,
Owner ID, OwnerLastName.

5) Tracks record to identify phonograph record title and the tracks on it.
Fields include Title, TrackID, and all the track names.
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TABLES:

Summary:
Table Name Type Description
PhonoRecords Data Basic information regarding each title in the
collection.
PhonoRecords Linking Connects a title with composer information
Composers
PhonoRecords Linking Connects a title with artist information
Artists
Composers Data Information regarding the composer associated with
the title
Artists Data Information regarding the artist associated with the
title
Tracks Subset List of tracks for each side of an album/record
Owners Subset Specifies the owner of each copy of a title
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TABLES &FIELDS

PhonoRecords
Title PK
Genre
LabelName
LabelNumber
RPM
SetNumber
TrackID FK
OwnerID FK
Comments

PhonoRecordsComposers
Title CPK/FK
ComposerID CPK/FK

PhonoRecordsArtists
Title CPK/FK
ArtistID CPK/FK

Composers
ComposerID PK
ComposerLastName
ComposerFirstName
ComposerMiddleName

Artists
ArtistID PK
GroupName
ArtistLastName
ArtistFirstName
ArtistMiddleName
ArtistType

Tracks
TrackID PK
SideOneTrackOne
SideOneTrackTwo
SideOneTrackThree
SideOneTrackFour
SideOneTrackFive
SideOneTrackSix
SideOneTrackSeven
SideOneTrackEight
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SideOneTrackNine
SideOneTrackTen
SideTwoTrackOne
SideTwoTrackTwo
SideTwoTrackThree
SideTwoTrackFour
SideTwoTrackFive
SideTwoTrackSix
SideTwoTrackEight
SideTwoTrackNine
SideTwoTrackTen
SideThreeTrackOne
SideThreeTrackTwo
SideThreeTrackThree
SideThreeTrackFour
SideThreeTrackFive
SideThreeTrackSix
SideThreeTrackSeven
SideThreeTrackEight
SideThreeTrackNine
SideThreeTrackTen
SideFourTrackOne
SideFourTrackTwo
SideFourTrackThree
SideFourTrackFour
SideFourTrackFive
SideFourTrackSix
SideFourTrackSeven
SideFourTrackEight
SideFourTrackNine
SideFourTrackTen

Owners
OwnersID PK
OwnersLastName
OwnersFirstName
OwnersMiddleName
Notes