Database System Concepts
Database System Concepts
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780078022159
Author: Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 1PE
Program Plan Intro

Figure 13.3:

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Explanation of Solution

a.

Result of the action:

  • If record 6 is moved to the place of record 5, an empty space is created at the record 6.
  • The record 5 is completely discarded from the structure.
  • Again record 7 is moved to the space of record 6. So the information in the record 7 is placed at record 6.
  • The structure of file after the action is given below,
record 010101SrinivasanComp.Sci65000
record 112121WuFinance90000
record 215151MozartMusic40000
record 398345KimElec.Eng80000
record 432343El SaidHistory60000
record 545565KatzComp.Sci75000
record 658583CalifieriHistory62000
record 7    
record 876543SinghFinance80000
record 976766CrickBiology72000
record 1083821BrandtComp.Sci92000

Explanation of Solution

b.

Result of the action:

  • If record 7 is moved to the place of record 5, an empty space is created at the record 7.
  • The record 5 is completely discarded from the structure.
  • The structure of file after the action is given below,
record 010101SrinivasanComp.Sci65000
record 112121WuFinance90000
record 215151MozartMusic40000
record 398345KimElec.Eng80000
record 432343El SaidHistory60000
record 558583CalifieriHistory62000
record 645565KatzComp.Sci75000
record 7    
record 876543SinghFinance80000
record 976766CrickBiology72000
record 1083821BrandtComp.Sci92000

Explanation of Solution

c.

Result of the action:

  • The record 5 is completely discarded from the structure.
  • The structure of file after the action is given below,
record 010101SrinivasanComp.Sci65000
record 112121WuFinance90000
record 215151MozartMusic40000
record 398345KimElec.Eng80000
record 432343El SaidHistory60000
record 5    
record 645565KatzComp.Sci75000
record 758583CalifieriHistory62000
record 876543SinghFinance80000
record 976766CrickBiology72000
record 1083821BrandtComp.Sci92000

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