DM532: Principles of Database Systems (5 ECTS)

STADS: 15006901

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.
1st quarter

Teacher responsible
Email: zhou@imada.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Comment:
Ubegrænset deltagerantal. 1. kvartal.

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
The content of DM505 and DM507 should be known.

Course introduction
The main purpose of this course is to give the participants an understanding of the implementation issues of database systems, with focus on query optimization, transaction processing, and the ACID properties (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability). As a minor topic, we consider alternatives to the SQL and relational algebra query formalisms.

Expected learning outcome
At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to:
- explain the foundations and techniques for evaluating an SQL query
- explain the process of optimizing an SQL query
- account for the ingredients of a transaction model and determine whether or not the ACID properties hold
- explain how each of the ACID properties can be fulfilled by a structured transaction implementation
- account for the relationships between relational algebra and SQL versus their alternatives

Subject overview
Query processing and optimization, database tuning, properties and implementation of ACID models of transactions, alternative formalisms for query languages, selected topics from object databases, distributed databases, XML, and OLAP.

Literature

Meddeles ved kursets start.

Syllabus
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Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
(a) One mandatory project. Internal evaluation by lecturer, grading pass/fail. The project must be passed in order to take the oral exam.
(b) Oral examination, grades according to the dansih 7-point scale and external censorship.

Reexamination after 2. quarter.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

Forelæsninger: 21 timer
Eksaminatorietimer/opgaveregning: 21 timer
Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in English.

Course enrollment
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Tuition fees for single courses
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