DM532: Principles of Database Systems (5 ECTS)

STADS: 15005001

Level
Bachelor course

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

Teacher responsible
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Timetable
Group Type Day Time Classroom Weeks Comment
Common I Monday 14-16 U24 35-40
Common I Monday 14-15 U24 41
Common I Wednesday 10-12 U49C 35-36, 38, 40
S1 TE Tuesday 12-13 U24 35
S1 TE Tuesday 12-14 U24 36-41
S1 TE Friday 10-12 U89a 36
S1 TE Friday 10-12 U28 37, 39, 41
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Comment:
Ansvarlig lærer: Yongluan Zhou, adjunkt.

Ubegrænset deltagerantal

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

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Syllabus
See syllabus.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
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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