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CS 275 Introduction to Databases

Fall 2009

Instructor: Toshimi Minoura (minoura@cs.orst.edu)

Course Content

  • Data Management Fundamentals:
    • Integrated data management
    • DSL = DDL + DML
    • Conceptual schema, internal schema, and external schemas.
  • Relational Database Systems:
    • Creating a relational database
    • Formulating SQL queries
    • Creating indices to improve performance
  • Data Modeling:
    • Entity-relationship model
    • Converting an E-R schema into a relational schema
  • Web-Based Database Access:
    • HTTP protocol and CGI
    • Server-side scripting in PHP
  • Relational Algebra
    • Relational operators and query formulation
    • Simple query optimization

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