Creating a Database for a Rugby Club.

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Creating a Database for a Rugby Club.

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Identification of problem

I have been approached by a professional rugby club in Leicester and was asked by them to design a database that stored all of their members details. This database has to be attractive and cost effective. It is my objective to keep records of all of the clubs members including the managment. The staff will also have to have their qualifications recorded in order for us to make sure that they are fully qualified and able to look after and teach a group of rugby players. They asked me to create a database to store all of their information on, the problems with doing it manually are as follows:

  • Files can take a long time to find, especially if someone has put them back in the wrong place.

  • Files need to be kept about ex-players in case they want reference in the future.

  • The filing cabinets are taking up more and more space.

  • The problem is that the rugby club does not have a permanent record of all of its members on computer and that the places where these facts are recorded have recently been lost or thrown away by accident.
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  • The problem is that England Rugby coaches want quick and easy access to a computer telling them all about a player they may wish to purchase.

Discussion of the software to be used

To create this attractive and cost effective database I have decided to use Microsoft access. I have chosen to use Microsoft Access because it has many advantages over other programs such as Microsoft Excel. The good tools in Microsoft Access are as follows:

  • Microsoft Access is very easy to navigate around.

  • In Microsoft access the main tools I will use are the Wizards ...

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