This is Analysis, design, and implementation of a database system to support the operations of a simplified online bookstore. And the creation of the necessary forms to perform these operations.
- Adding new books To add a new book, the user enters the properties of the new book along with a threshold (the minimum quantity in stock to be maintained for that book).
- Modifying existing books For updating an existing book, the user first searches for the book then he does the required update. For a given book, the user can update the quantity in stock when a copy or more of the book is sold. The user cannot update the quantity of a book if this update will cause the quantity of a book in stock to be negative.
- Placing orders on books An order with constant quantity is placed only when the quantity of a book drops from above a given threshold (the minimum quantity in stock) to below the given threshold.
- Confirming orders The user can confirm an order when receiving the ordered quantity from the book’s publisher; the quantity of the book in store automatically increases with the quantity specified in the order. Assume that deleting the order means that the order is received from publisher.
- Searching for books The user can search for a book by ISBN, and title. The user can search for books of a specific Category, author or publisher.
- Editing his personal information including his password
- Searching for books by any of the book’s attributes. (Use indices to speed up searches when possible)
- Adding books to a shopping cart
- Managing his shopping cart. This includes the following.
- Viewing the items in the cart
- Viewing the individual and total prices of the books in the cart
- Removing items from the cart
- Checking out a shopping cart
- The customer is then required to provide a credit card number and its expiry date. This transaction is completed successfully if the credit card information is appropriate.
- The book’s quantities in the store are updated according to this transaction.
- Logging out of the system
- Doing this will remove all the items in the current cart.
- Adding new books
- Modifying existing books
- Placing orders for books
- Confirming orders
- Promoting registered customers to have managers credentials
- Viewing the following reports on sales
- The total sales for books in the previous month
- The top 5 customers who purchase the most purchase amount in descending order for the last three months
- The top 10 selling books for the last three months
