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Fundamentals of Database Systems

Use the Fundamentals of Database Systems course and lab to learn database concepts and methodologies. Lab simulates real-world, hardware, software, and command-line interface environments and can be mapped to any textbook, course, and training. The database training course covers fundamental concepts necessary for designing, using, and implementing database systems and applications; database modeling and design; languages and models provided by database management systems; and database system implementation techniques.
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Outline

Lessons 1:
Preface

Lessons 2:
Databases and Database Users

  • Introduction
  • An Example
  • Characteristics of the Database Approach
  • Actors on the Scene
  • Workers behind the Scene
  • Advantages of Using the DBMS Approach
  • A Brief History of Database Applications
  • When Not to Use a DBMS
  • Summary
  • Review Questions
  • Exercises
  • Selected Bibliography

Lessons 3:
Database System Concepts and Architecture

  • Data Models, Schemas, and Instances
  • Three-Schema Architecture and Data Independence
  • Database Languages and Interfaces
  • The Database System Environment
  • Centralized and Client/Server Architectures for DBMSs
  • Classification of Database Management Systems
  • Summary
  • Review Questions
  • Exercises
  • Selected Bibliography

Lessons 4:
Data Modeling Using the Entity–Relationship (ER) Model

  • Using High-Level Conceptual Data Models for Database Design
  • A Sample Database Application
  • Entity Types, Entity Sets, Attributes, and Keys
  • Relationship Types, Relationship Sets, Roles, and Structural Constraints
  • Weak Entity Types
  • Refining the ER Design for the COMPANY Database
  • ER Diagrams, Naming Conventions, and Design Issues
  • Example of Other Notation: UML Class Diagrams
  • Relationship Types of Degree Higher than Two
  • Another Example: A UNIVERSITY Database
  • Summary
  • Review Questions
  • Exercises
  • Laboratory Exercises
  • Selected Bibliography

Lessons 5:
The Enhanced Entity–Relationship (EER) Model

  • Subclasses, Superclasses, and Inheritance
  • Specialization and Generalization
  • Constraints and Characteristics of Specialization and Generalization Hierarchies
  • Modeling of UNION Types Using Categories
  • A Sample UNIVERSITY EER Schema, Design Choices, and Formal Definitions
  • Example of Other Notation: Representing Specialization and Generalization in UML Class Diagrams
  • Data Abstraction, Knowledge Representation, and Ontology Concepts
  • Summary
  • Review Questions
  • Exercises
  • Laboratory Exercises
  • Selected Bibliography

Lessons 6:
The Relational Data Model and Relational Database Constraints

  • Relational Model Concepts
  • Relational Model Constraints and Relational Database Schemas
  • Update Operations, Transactions, and Dealing with Constraint Violations
  • Summary
  • Review Questions
  • Exercises
  • Selected Bibliography

Lessons 7:
SQL Data Definition and Data Types

  • SQL Data Definition and Data Types
  • Specifying Constraints in SQL
  • Basic Retrieval Queries in SQL
  • INSERT, DELETE, and UPDATE Statements in SQL
  • Additional Features of SQL
  • Summary
  • Review Questions
  • Exercises
  • Selected Bibliography

Lessons 8:
More SQL: Complex Queries, Triggers, Views, and Schema Modification

  • More Complex SQL Retrieval Queries
  • Specifying Constraints as Assertions and Actions as Triggers
  • Views (Virtual Tables) in SQL
  • Schema Change Statements in SQL
  • Summary
  • Review Questions
  • Exercises
  • Selected Bibliography

Lessons 9:
The Relational Algebra and Relational Calculus

  • Unary Relational Operations: SELECT and PROJECT
  • Relational Algebra Operations from Set Theory
  • Binary Relational Operations: JOIN and DIVISION
  • Additional Relational Operations
  • Examples of Queries in Relational Algebra
  • The Tuple Relational Calculus
  • The Domain Relational Calculus
  • Summary
  • Review Questions
  • Exercises
  • Laboratory Exercises
  • Selected Bibliography

Lessons 10:
Relational Database Design by ER- and EER-to-Relational Mapping

  • Relational Database Design Using ER-to-Relational Mapping
  • Mapping EER Model Constructs to Relations
  • Summary
  • Review Questions
  • Exercises
  • Laboratory Exercises
  • Selected Bibliography

Lessons 11:
Introduction to SQL Programming Techniques

  • Overview of Database Programming Techniques and Issues
  • Embedded SQL, Dynamic SQL, and SQL J
  • Database Programming with Function Calls and Class Libraries: SQL/CLI and JDBC
  • Database Stored Procedures and SQL/PSM
  • Comparing the Three Approaches
  • Summary
  • Review Questions
  • Exercises
  • Selected Bibliography

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