THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN E-COMMERCE

SITE FOR ONLINE BOOK SALES

By

Swapna Kodali

Project Report Submitted to the faculty of the

University Graduate School
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree
Master of Science
in the
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Indiana University South Bend
May 2007

Committee Members:

Dr. Hossein Hakimzadeh, Advisor

Dr. Dana Vrajitoru
Dr. Morteza Shafii Mousavi
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Swapna Kodali

All Rights Reserved

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Abstract

The business-to-consumer aspect of electronic commerce (e-commerce) is the

most visible business use of the World Wide Web. The primary goal of an e-commerce
site is to sell goods and services online.

This project deals with developing an e-commerce website for Online Book Sale.
It provides the user with a catalog of different books available for purchase in the store.
In order to facilitate online purchase a shopping cart is provided to the user. The system
is implemented using a 3-tier approach, with a backend databa se, a middle tier of
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and ASP.NET, and a web browser as the
front end client.

In order to develop an e-commerce website, a number of Technologies must be

studied and understood. These include multi-tiered architecture, server and client side
scripting techniques, implementation technologies such as ASP.NET, programming
language (such as C#, VB.NET), relational databases (such as MySQL, Access).

This is a project with the objective to develop a basic website where a consumer
is provided with a shopping cart application and also to know about the technologies used
to develop such an application.

This document will discuss each of the underlying technologies to create and
implement an e-commerce website.

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 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

In completing this graduate project I have been fortunate to have help, support
and encouragement from many people. I would like to acknowledge them for their
cooperation.

First, I would like to thank Dr.Hossein Hakimzadeh, my project advisor, for

guiding me through each and every step of the process with knowledge and support.
Thank you for your advice, guidance and assistance.

I would also like to thank Dr.Shafii Mousavi and Dr.Dana Vrajitoru, my project
committee members, who showed immense patience and understanding throughout the
project and provided suggestions.

Finally, I would like to dedicate this project to my parents, my husband Ram and
my friends Kumar and Soumya, for their love, encouragement and help throughout the
project.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................... 1
2. LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................ 1
3. PROJECT DESIGN...................................................................................................... 3
3.1 DATA MODEL............................................................................................................ 4
3.1.1 Database Design................................................................................................ 6
3.2. PROCESS MODEL ................................................................................................... 10
3.2.1. Functional Decomposition Diagram............................................................. 10
3.2.2 Data Flow Diagram (DFD) ............................................................................ 12
3.3 USER INTERFACE D ESIGN ...................................................................................... 19
4. IMPLEMENTATION TECHNOLOGIES ............................................................... 23
4.1. INTERNET INFORMATION S ERVICES (IIS) ............................................................ 24
4.2 ASP.NET ................................................................................................................ 25
4.2.1. Authentication in ASP.NET .......................................................................... 26
4.3. MYSQL DATABASE ............................................................................................... 27
4.4. INTEGRATING IIS AND ASP.NET ......................................................................... 28
4.5. INTEGRATING THE WEBSITE AND DATABASE....................................................... 29
5. WEB PAGE PROGRAMMING OPTIONS............................................................. 30
5.1. S ERVER -SIDE PROCESSING. ................................................................................... 31
5.2. CLIENT-SIDE PROCESSING. ................................................................................... 35
6. WEB BASED APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT.................................................. 36
7. DATABASE CONNECTIVITY ................................................................................ 38
7.1 ADO.NET............................................................................................................... 38
7.2 CONNECTING ASP.NET APPLICATION TO A DATABASE ....................................... 45
8. THE SHOPPING CART APPLICATION .............................................................. 46
8.1. S EARCH FOR BOOKS .............................................................................................. 48
8.2. REGISTRATION....................................................................................................... 49
8.3. USER D ETAILS ....................................................................................................... 50
8.4. SHOPPING CART .................................................................................................... 51
8.5. PLACE AN ORDER .................................................................................................. 52
8.6. CHECK OUT ........................................................................................................... 54
8.7. PURCHASE HISTORY .............................................................................................. 56
8.8. TRANSACTIONS IN THE APPLICATION ................................................................... 61
9. LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT................................................ 65
10. CONCLUSION ......................................................................................................... 65
11. BIBLIOGRAPHY ..................................................................................................... 67

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 LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1 ENTITY RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM (ERD) ............................................................. 4
FIGURE 2 FUNCTIONAL DECOMPOSITION DIAGRAM........................................................... 11
FIGURE 3 CUSTOMER - BROWSE CONTEXT DFD................................................................ 13
FIGURE 4 CUSTOMER - BROWSE DETAILED DFD............................................................... 13
FIGURE 5 CUSTOMER – SHOPPING CART CONTEXT DFD ................................................... 14
FIGURE 6 CUSTOMER - SHOPPING CART DETAILED DFD................................................... 14
FIGURE 7 CUSTOMER - SHOPPING CART DETAILED DFD................................................... 15
FIGURE 8 CUSTOMER - SHOPPING CART DETAILED DFD................................................... 15
FIGURE 9 CUSTOMER – AUTHENTICATIO N – USERPROFILE DFD....................................... 16
FIGURE 10 AUTHENTICATED USER-PURCHASE CONTEXT DFD ......................................... 16
FIGURE 11 CUSTOMER - AUTHENTICATIO N - PURCHASE DFD ........................................... 17
FIGURE 12 CUSTOMER - NEW USERREGISTRATION DFD ................................................... 18
FIGURE 13 ADMINSTRATOR CONTEXT DFD ...................................................................... 18
FIGURE 14 ADMINISTRATOR DETAILED DFD .................................................................... 18
FIGURE 15 MENU ............................................................................................................... 19
FIGURE 16 DISPLAY OF BOOKS PRESENT IN THE STORE ..................................................... 19
FIGURE 17 FOR SEARCHING THE BOOKS IN THE STORE ....................................................... 20
FIGURE 18 SHOPPING CART FOR THE USE R......................................................................... 20
FIGURE 19 REGISTRATION OF THE N EW USER ..................................................................... 21
FIGURE 20 AUTHENTICATION OF THE USER ........................................................................ 22
FIGURE 21 RELATION BETWEE N IIS AND ASP.NET........................................................... 23
FIGURE 22 WEB PAGE PROGRAMMING OPTIONS ................................................................. 30
FIGURE 23 COMPILED SERVER PROGRAMS FLOWCHART ..................................................... 31
FIGURE 24 ADO.NET ARCHITECTURE .............................................................................. 43
FIGURE 25 BOOK DETAILS ................................................................................................. 47
FIGURE 26 S ERACH FOR BOOK S.......................................................................................... 48
FIGURE 27 NEW USER REGISTRATION ................................................................................. 49
FIGURE 28 USER DETAILS .................................................................................................. 50
FIGURE 29 SHOPPING CART ................................................................................................ 51
FIGURE 30 ORDER DETAILS ............................................................................................... 52
FIGURE 31SHIPPING DETAIL S ............................................................................................. 53
FIGURE 32CHECK OUT ....................................................................................................... 54
FIGURE 33 ORDER CONFIRMATION ..................................................................................... 55
FIGURE 34 UPDATED INVENTORY AFTER ORDER PLACEMENT ............................................ 55
FIGURE 35 PURCHASE HISTORY.......................................................................................... 56
FIGURE 36 BOOK DETAILS .................................................................................................. 57
FIGURE 37 ADMINISTRATOR - MODIFY BOOKS................................................................... 58
FIGURE 38 DETAILS ABOUT NEW BOO K .............................................................................. 59
FIGURE 39 UPDATED INVENTORY ...................................................................................... 60

LIST OF TABLES
TABLE 1PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY FOR DIFFERENT FILE EXTENSIONS ............................. 33
TABLE 2 TRANSACTION ATTRIBUTES ................................................................................. 64

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