Welcome to DBS211 - Introduction to Database Systems
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| Week | Major Topics |
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PREFACE and Preparation for the Course (Installation of required software) |
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| 1 | Introduction Databases, Database Systems, Data Anomalies, Development Life Cycle, SQL Developer (Installation and Getting Started) |
| 2 | Relational Model Relational Databases, Relationships, Referential Integrity, Table Types, Various Keys |
| 3 | SQL (Structured Query Language) Single Table Queries, DML ( SELECT, source FROM, filtering WHERE, Sorting ORDER BY, Aliases, Wildcards, CRUD (INSERT, UPDATE, & DELETE) as well as fundamental concepts of case sensitivity, date formats, and internationalization. |
| 4 | More SQL Multiple Table Queries, DML( ANSI-89 Joins, ANSI-92 Joins, Views ) |
| 5 | DDL Data Types, Constraints, SQL - DDL ( CREATE, CREATE OR REPLACE, ALTER ) |
| 6 | Transactions Transactions, Concurrency, Basic Database Security ( GRANT and REVOKE ) |
| 7 | Review and Midterm Review for midterm and midterm test |
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| 8 | Database Applications Application Architecture Development, Roll of Database, Design Methodologies, Database Access and Connections |
| 9 | Entity Relationship Diagrams Data Modelling, ERDs ( Entity Relationship Diagrams ), Cardinalities or Optionalities, ERD Formatting and Symbology |
| 10 | Normalization 1 DBDL, UNF and 1NF, Repeating Groups, Multi-Value Dependencies, Atomic Fields |
| 11 | Normalization 2 2NF and 3NF, Partial Dependencies, Transitive Dependencies |
| 12 | Normalization 3 Case Study |
| 13 | Review and Project Submission Final project submission and review of topics for final test. |
| 14 | Final Test The final assessment for the course |
Code examples, where they are appropriate, are provided within each weeks content. Your professor may choose to do other code examples with you as well in addition to those here.