Question: 4-21. Furry Friends Foundation I (Creating a New Database from Scratch)
The Furry Friends Foundation is a non-profit organization that finds homes for abandoned animals that are suitable for adoption. FFF began operations with a bequest from a wealthy gentleman who lived his life taking care of stray animals and wanted to be sure that such animals were looked after once he was gone. Although the amount the foundation started with was sufficient to set up an office and begin operations, it depends upon continuing donations to run daily operations. FFF has been keeping its records on 4×6 cards. Over the years, the foundation has had requests from contributors for year-end statements that document their donations to the Foundation for tax purposes. (Usually, donations are given with a particular type of animal in mind—for example, ‘‘for dogs.’’) Now that the number of contributors exceeds 500, the president has decided to develop a database to handle the foundation’s accounting and reporting needs. The following is a sample of some of the records at FFF.
FFF Contributor File
Contri- Last First Street Phone butor ID Name Name Address City State Zip Number
13456 Smythe Jonathan 1845 Backpack Lane Franktown NV 55655 501 666–1234 13480 Lawrence Marie 9190 Teepee Road Doolittle NV 54984 501 767–1114 13484 Funky Robert 5815 Pearly Gate Lane Happiness NV 53887 502 995–7654
FFF Donation File
Donation Date Animal Code Amount Contributor ID
September 30, 2009 C 25 13456 September 20, 2009 D 125 13456 October 15, 2009 C 25 13456 October 15, 2009 D 10 13456 October 31, 2009 C 20 13456 October 31, 2009 D 20 13456 November 30, 2009 D 250 13456 November 15, 2009 C 25 13456 December 1, 2009 O 70 13456 December 10, 2009 C 100 13480 September 10, 2009 C 250 13480 October 10, 2009 C 500 13480 November 11, 2009 C 150 13480 December 14, 2009 D 100 13484 September 5, 2009 C 100 13484 October 10, 2009 O 100 13484 November 8, 2009 O 100 13484 December 15, 2009 D 50 13484
FFF Animal Code Table
Contribution for Code
Dogs D Cats C Hamster H Guinea Pig G Rabbit R Other O
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146 PART TWO / Databases
Requirements
1. Using Access or a similar relational database, create the tables needed to set up a database for contributors, contributions, and animals. 2. What data field did you use for the primary record key of the FFF contributor table? Why did you use it? 3. Using Access or similar software as required by your instructor, add yourself as a contributor. 4. Create relationships for the tables. 5. Document your work by printing hard copies of each table in datasheet view and the relationships report that shows how they are related.  Edit