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Project #2 Description In this project, you will design and implement a database for keeping track of information about a car rental company. You will first design an EER schema diagram for this database application. Then, you will map the EER schema into a relational database schema and implement it on ORACLE/MYSQL in Omega. Finally, you will load some data into your database, and create some queries and update transactions. Assume that the following requirements were collected for this application: 1. The database keeps track of CUSTOMERS. Each CUSTOMER has a unique IdNo (assume this is a unique integer generated by the system for each new CUSTOMER, such as 1, 2, 3, ...), a Name (assume this is string consisting of an single initial and last name only for simplicity, such as "J.Smith" or "R.Wong”), and a Phone (a string of 12 characters such as "817-272-3000"). Some of these customers are business customers who while others are individuals rent for personal use. And most of the business customers use rental on weekly basis. 2. The database keeps track of CARS available for rental, which are categorized based on their type. There are six main types: COMPACT, MEDIUM, LARGE, SUV (Sports Utility Vehice), TRUCK, and VAN. Cars for each type can be classified into luxury and regular categories. Each type of car has its own Daily Rate and WeeklyRate (assume all cars of the same type have the same rental rates). Luxury vehicle rates are 20% more than the regular car types. For simplicity, we will assume that there is only one rental location. 3. Each CAR has a VehicleID (a unique number for each car assume it is a number 1001, 1002, 1003, ...), Model (Chevy, Toyota, Ford, ...), and Year (2015, 2014, ...). 4. Each car is either owned by the rental company, a bank or an individual owner who leased the vehicle to the company on a long term basis. Choose suitable attributes for these different type of owners to identify the right owner of a vehicle. 5. The database will keep track of the current (active) RENTALS as well as scheduled RENTALS of each CAR. The are two types of RENTAL: DAILY and WEEKLY. For each DAILY RENTAL, the information kept will include the specific CAR and CUSTOMER as well as the NoOfDays, StartDate, and Return Date (the Return Date can be calculated from the StartDate and NoOfDays). For each WEEKLY RENTAL, the information kept will include the specific CAR and CUSTOMER as well as the NoOfWeeks, StartDate, and Return Date (the ReturnDate can be calculated from the StartDate and NoOfWeeks). Each rental will also have the AmountDue for the rental, which is a derived value that can be calculated from the other information. 6. The database will also keep track of which CARS are available for rental during which periods. You will first design an EER schema diagram based upon the RENTALS database requirements specified above, and create an EER schema diagram and documentation report describing your design choices. As part of this assignment, you should identify any missing or incomplete requirements, and explicitly state them in your documentation. You should also explicitly state any assumptions you made that were not part of the requirements listed above. The second part of the assignment will be to map the EER schema design to a relational database schema, and create the tables corresponding to the relational schema using the ORACLE DBMS (or MySQL). You will add to your report a listing of the CREATE TABLE statements. Specify as many constraints (key, referential integrity) as you can in the relational schema. You should state the choices you made during the EER-to-relational mapping, and the reasons for your choices. The third part of the project is to load some data into the database, and apply certain update transactions and retrieval queries. You will create your own data. Include at least 10 customers, and at least 40 cars of different types. The following are the tasks for the third part of the project: 1. Load some initial data (as discussed above) into the database tables that you created in Part 2 of the assignment. You can either write a loading program, or use SQL/PLUS (insert command), or use SQL/FORMS. Your data should be kept in files so that it can easily be reloaded during debugging. The data format should be designed by you. (Note: You can also use the transactions created by you in item 3 below to load some of the data). 2. Write queries to retrieve and print all the data you entered. Try to print the data so that it is easy to understand (for example, print appropriate headings, such as: Customers, Compact Cars, SUVs, Current Rentals, etc.). 3. Write a query that will prepare a report for weekly earnings by owner, by car type and per car unit that owner owns within that car type. 4. Write the following database update transactions using any suitable programming or scripting language (e.g. JAVA/JDBC, Python or PHP). 4.1 4.2 4.3 The first transaction is to add information about a new CUSTOMER. CAR. The second transaction is to add all the information about a new The third transaction is to add all the information about a new RENTAL reservation (this must find a free car of the appropriate type for the rental period). 4.4 4.5 The fourth transaction is to handle the return of a rented car. This transaction should print the total customer payment due for the rental, and enter it in the database. The fifth transaction is to enter or update the rental rates (daily and weekly) for a type of car. 5. Each transaction should have a user friendly interface to enter the information needed by the transaction. This can either be a Web-based interface, a command line interface, or a forms interface. 6. Test your transactions by adding a few new customers, cars, reservations, by changing some rental rates and reservations rates. Deliverables 1. Parts 1 and 2: This should include for Part 1 the EER diagrams for your designs as well as documentation describing any assumptions you made, and the reasons for your design choices. Draw the EER diagrams using the notation in the textbook. You can also use UML class diagrams notation. You can use any drawing tool for drawing your diagrams. For part 2, what you turn in should include your relational schema diagram design and your CREATE table statements, and documentation describing your EER-to- relational mapping choices. 2. Part 3:. This will include a demo demonstrating that your implementation works, as well as demonstrating your transactions to the grader. Source code of all your transactions should be submitted, as well as the data files. A demo schedule will be determined before the due date.