Jess Kimber Database Project December/Jan 06/07
Databases – ‘Identify’
a) Background Information
Calvin Carrot owns and works in a DVD rental shop in Hastings called “DVDs-2-Go” and there are currently four staff members who work in the shop on a regular basis. At the present time, all Customer details are stored on individual cards kept in a filing cabinet in the DVD store. The problem with keeping customer details on individual cards is that using filing cabinets take up a large majority of space within the shop and retrieving customer details can take a lot of time and the cards can easily be lost. Also, if the shop has over 500 members then this will use up a lot of paper for all the customer details which would be a waste and if a customer’s details need to be updated e.g. if their phone number has changed, then a new card will need to be filled in which would take up time as writing on the old card would end up being messy if a customer’s details needs to be updated a couple of times.
