ABSTRACT

     Online balloting for hostel accommodation is a system, which seeks to solve the problems of balloting in hostel allocation. This system will be handling all the activities of the manual balloting system but with less stress, faster and with more accuracy. Students can ballot online and get their result real-time and also have an opportunity to print their receipt if their balloting outcome is a “YES”, for   students who balloted and picked a “No” will accept that as their fate and pray for better luck next session. The receipt captures the student’s details and will be taken to the Hostel management for verification and issuance of an authority to pay slip. The student makes his payment in the stipulated Bank and takes his deposit slip back to the Hostel management for allocation of a Hostel bed space. This software is web based and so can be accessed anywhere with any handheld device. Therefore this project, online Balloting for Hostel Accommodation will help to keep records of all Balloted students and also maintain a database of all the students living in the Hostel.

TABLE OF CONTENT

PAGES

Approval     -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        i

Certification    -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           ii

Dedication      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           iii

Acknowledgements    -           -           -           -           -           -           -           iv

Abstract          -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           v

Table of content          -           -           -           -           -           -           -           vi

List of figures  -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           ix

List of tables   -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           x

CHAPTER ONE: Introduction

1.1        Background of study  -           -           -           -           -           -           1

1.2       Statement of problems            -           -           -           -           -           4

1.3       Objectives       -           -           -           -           -           -           -           4

1.4       Significance of study  -           -           -           -           -           -           5

1.5       Scope of study -           -           -           -           -           -           -           5

1.6       Limitations of study   -           -           -           -           -           -           6

CHAPTER TWO: Literature Review       

2.1 Introduction          -           -           -           -           -           -           -           7

CHAPTER THREE - System Analysis and Methodology

3.1       Introduction    -           -           -           -           -           -           -           17

3.2       Analysis of the existing system          -           -           -           -           17

3.3       Limitations of the existing system      -           -           -           -           18

3.4       Analysis of the proposed system        -           -           -           -           19

3.5       Feasibility study        -           -           -           -           -           -           19

3.5.1    Technical feasibility    -           -           -           -           -           -           20

3.5.2    Economic feasibility   -           -           -           -           -           -           20

3.5.3    Operational feasibility -           -           -           -           -           -           20

3.6       Structural development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies    -           21

3.6.1    Adopted methodology -           -           -           -           -           -           22

3.7       High level structural diagram of existing / proposed system -           25

3.7.1    Diagram of existing the system          -           -           -           -           25

3.7.2    Diagram of proposed the system        -           -           -           -           26

CHAPTER FOUR: System Design and Implementation 

4.1       Introduction    -           -           -           -           -           -           -           27

4.2       System design -           -           -           -           -           -           -           27

4.3       System architecture     -           -           -           -           -           -           27

4.4       Database design          -           -           -           -           -           -           29

4.4.1    Table design   -           -           -           -           -           -           -           29       

4.5       Documentation           -           -           -           -           -           -           40

4.6       Testing phase  -           -           -           -           -           -           -           41

4.6.1    Unit testing     -           -           -           -           -           -           -           42

4.6.2    Integrating testing      -           -           -           -           -           -           43

4.6.3    System testing -           -           -           -           -           -           -           43

4.6.4    Validation       -           -           -           -           -           -           -           43

4.6.5    Compilation test         -           -           -           -           -           -           44

4.6.6    Execution test -           -           -           -           -           -           -           44

4.6.7    Output test      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           44

4.8       Implementation           -           -           -           -           -           -           45

4.8.1    Hard ware requirements          -           -           -           -           -           45

4.8.2    Software requirements            -           -           -           -           -           45

CHAPTER FIVE - Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations

5.1       Summary         -           -           -           -           -           -           -           46

5.2       Conclusion      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           46

5.3       Recommendation        -           -           -           -           -           -           47

References      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           48

Appendix A (Source codes)   -           -           -           -           -           49

Appendix B (Screen shot)      -           -           -           -           -           57

LIST OF FIGURES

FIG: 2.1:        FLOWCHART TO LOGIN USERS

FIG:2 .2:        FLOWCHART TO LOGIN AS ADMINISTRATOR

FIG: 2.3:        FLOWCHART TO SIGN UP USERS

FIG: 2.4 :       FLOWCHART FOR BALLOTING

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: This is the structure of the user table; it holds users sign up details.

Table 2: This is the structure of the ballot table; it holds users Account ID, balloting results, school fees receipt number etc.

Table 3: This is the structure of the keys table; it holds the various balloting keys and their values i.e. Yes or No, also shows used and available keys.

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