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Welcome to CS4250, an introduction to database management systems. Topics include:
Modeling, development, and implementation of database systems using storage structures, data definition languages, and data manipulation languages for the relational approach to database management. Database integrity and security problems. Historical development of database systems.
Prerequisite: CS 3100.
Announcements and Upcoming Events
11 Dec 2023 | Here is one small chunk of the final exam you will take on Friday at 8:30 am. |
16 October 2023 | Here is one small chunk of the midterm you will take on Wednesday during class time. |
29 Sept 2023 |
From our in-class exercise work this week: Schema: Earthquake (qname, qdate, latitude, longitude, magnitude, fault) Damage(cityID, qname, cost, liveslost) Cities(cID, cname, latitude, longitude, population) [city names may not be unique] Questions (in SQL, and relational algebra where possible):
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22 Sept 2023 |
Sample tables for classroom exercises: CREATE TABLE Books(title char(40), lastname CHAR(40), firstname CHAR(40), pubyear INTEGER, bookID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY) CREATE TABLE AwardWinners (bookID INTEGER, year INTEGER, award CHAR(60), authorage INTEGER, PRIMARY KEY (bookID, award, year)) CREATE TABLE Awards (awardname char(60), primary key (awardname)) (Note that, to fit on a PPT slide, foreign key key declarations were left out) |
28 Aug 2023 | Career Fair on 10/4, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, at the Event Center.
(Some preparation events before then, to help with resume creation, etc.) Career Center Events, Fall 2023 |
21 Aug 2023 | Welcome to CS 4250! |
Points | |
Project Part 1 | 20 |
Project Part 2 | 25 + 6 |
Homework 1 | 30 |
Project Part 3 | 20 |
Homework 2 | 30 |
Project Part 4 | 10 |
Homework 3 | 30 |
Project Part 5 | 25 |
Project Part 6 | 12 |
Homework 4 | 35 |
Books at the CSU Stanislaus Library
The Ramakrishnan and Garcia-Molina/Ullman/Widom textbooks are both available at the university library.
Campus Resources
DBMS Resources
Fun News Articles and Podcasts