COP 4710 - Fall 2012 - LECTURE NOTES PAGE


INTRODUCTION (Chapter 1)
  • Introduction to Database Systems( pdf version )


  • CONCEPTUAL DATA MODELING (Chapter 2)
  • Introduction to Data Modeling ( pdf version )
  • In-class Exercises ( pdf version )


  • LOGICAL DATA MODELING AND THE RELATIONAL DATA MODEL (Chapter 3)
  • Logical Data Modeling And The Relational Data Model ( pdf version )
  • In-class Exercises ( pdf version )


  • RELATIONAL ALGEBRA AND RELATIONAL CALCULUS (Chapter 4)
  • Relational Query Languages - Part I - Relational Algebra (The Five Fundamental Operators) ( pdf version )
  • In-class Exercises - Part I ( pdf version )
  • Relational Query Languages - Part II - Relational Algebra (The Redundant Operators) and Tuple Calculus ( pdf version )
  • In-class Exercises - Part II ( pdf version )


  • INTRODUCTION TO SQL AND MySQL (Chapter 5)
  • Introduction to MySQL ( pdf version ) Bike database script from MySQL notes
  • Introduction to SQL ( pdf version )
  • SQL Practice Problems ( pdf version ) *** includes relational algebra and tuple calculus solutions to each problem.


  • FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCIES AND NORMALIZATION (Chapter 19)
  • Introduction to Functional Dependencies ( pdf version )


  • QUERY PROCESSING
  • Query Processing And Optimization ( pdf version )


  • DATA STORAGE AND FILE SYSTEMS
  • Storage ( pdf version )
  • Indexing & Hashing ( pdf version )


  • TRANSACTION PROCESSING (Chapters 16 & 17)
  • Transaction Processing ( pdf version )


  • PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED DATABASES (Chapter 22)
  • Distributed Database Systems ( pdf version )


  • DATA WAREHOUSING (Chapter 25)
  • Introduction to Data Warehousing ( pdf version )



  • EXAM #1 - Tuesday October 2nd
  • Exam #1 Review Notes ( .pdf version )
  • A Few Practice Problems ( pdf version )
  • SOLUTIONS to the Practice Problems ( pdf version )
  • Exam #1 KEY ( pdf version )
  • EXAM #2 - Thursday November 8th
  • Exam #2 Review Notes ( .pdf version )
  • A Few More Practice Problems ( pdf version )
  • SOLUTIONS to the Practice Problems ( pdf version )
  • Exam #2 KEY ( pdf version )

  • FINAL EXAM - Tuesday December 11th - STARTS AT 4:00 PM ! ! !
  • Final Exam Review Notes ( pdf version )  
  • Final Exam Practice Problems ( pdf version )
  • Solutions to Final Exam Practice Problems ( pdf version )

  • Last updated: November 29, 2012

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