Introduction to DBMS BCS755A
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Module 1 Overview
Introduction to Databases: Introduction, Characteristics of database approach, Advantages of using the DBMS approach, History of database applications.
Overview of Database Languages and Architectures: Data Models, Schemas, and Instances. Three schema architecture and data independence, database languages, and interfaces, The Database System environment.
Textbook 1:Ch 1.1 to 1.8, 2.1 to 2.6
Module 2 Overview
Conceptual Data Modeling using Entities and Relationships: Entity types, Entity sets and structural constraints, Weak entity types, ER diagrams, Specialization and Generalization.
Mapping Conceptual Design into a Logical Design: Relational Database Design using ER-to-Relational mapping
Textbook 1: Ch 3.1 to 3.10, 9.1 & 9.2
Module 3 Overview
Relational Model: Relational Model Concepts, Relational Model Constraints and relational database schemas, Update operations, transactions, and dealing with constraint violations.
Relational Algebra: Unary and Binary relational operations, additional relational operations (aggregate, grouping, etc.) Examples of Queries in relational algebra.
Textbook 1: Ch 5.1 to 5.3, Ch 8.1 to 8.5
Module 4 Overview
SQL: SQL data definition and data types, Schema change statements in SQL, specifying constraints in SQL, retrieval queries in SQL, INSERT, DELETE, and UPDATE statements in SQL, Additional features of SQL
Normalization: Database Design Theory - Introduction to Normalization using Functional and Multivalued Dependencies: Informal design guidelines for relation schema, Functional Dependencies, Normal Forms based on Primary Keys, Second and Third Normal Forms, Boyce-Codd Normal Form, Multivalued Dependency and Fourth Normal Form, Join Dependencies and Fifth Normal Form.
Textbook 1: Ch 6.1 to 6.5,14.1 to 14.7
Module 5 Overview
SQL: Advanced Queries: More complex SQL retrieval queries, Specifying constraints as assertions and action triggers, Views in SQL.
Concurrency Control in Databases: Two-phase locking techniques for Concurrency control, Concurrency control based on Timestamp ordering, Multiversion Concurrency control techniques, Validation Concurrency control techniques, Granularity of Data items and Multiple Granularity Locking.
Textbook 1: Ch 7.1 to 7.3, 21.1 to 21.5
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