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OCR: 644 SECTION c CHAPTER 11 LOADING DATA How data loaded into database tables? After the design for the database structure complete is time to load the database with an initial set of data. For example, before the Vintage Music Shop database went online it was populated with data for all the albums in the inventory. Data can be loaded into database manually by using generic data entry tools supplied with the DBMS or by using customized data entry module created by the database designer Entering data manually can take long time however, and mistakes such as misspellings are common If the data exists electronically in another type of database or in flat files, it usually possible to transfer the data using cust stom-written conversion routine or import and odxe routines. conversion routine conv ...