Study-unit DATABASES AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS WITH LAB
| Course name | Informatics |
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| Study-unit Code | 55083809 |
| Curriculum | Comune a tutti i curricula |
| Lecturer | Raffaella Gentilini |
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| CFU | 9 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2021 |
| Supplied | 2023/24 |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Discipline informatiche |
| Sector | INF/01 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Briefly, the course will cover the following content: (1) Introduction to databases and database management systems (DBMS) (2) Relational databases: Model and Languages. Relational model. Relational Algebra and Relational Calculus. SQL language (3) Database Design. Entity Relation (ER) model. Conceptual and logic Design. Normalization. (4) Database technology: Transactions, concurrency and security concepts. |
| Reference texts | Main text: R.A.Elmasri e S.B.Navathe: Fundamentals of Database Systems, Pearson Addison-Wesley, 7th edition, 2022 Others references: [UW02] --- J.Ullman e J.Widom. First Course in Database Systems. 2a edizione. Prentice Hall |
| Educational objectives | Students will be introduced to the design and analysis of database systems.They will get a deeper understanding by implementing these concepts in a commercial database management system. |
| Prerequisites | -- |
| Teaching methods | face-to-face lessons (for the theoretical part) + practical training in lab. |
| Learning verification modality | Written and oral examination. |
| Extended program | The program for the theoretical part of the course is developed in four parts: Part 1: Introduction to databases and database management systems * historical development of databases and databases management systems Part 2: Relational databases: Model and Languages. * Relational model * Relational Algebra * Relational Calculus * SQL Language Part 3: Database Design * Design techniques and models. * Conceptual Design. * Entity-Relation (Er and Enhanced Entity-Relation (EER) model. * Logical Design: algorithms for mapping ER and EER models into relational models. * Physical Design: Indices * Normalization: functional dependences, first, second, third and Boyce-Code normal form.Normalization algorithms. Part 4: Database technology * transactions, concurrency and security concepts. Finally, the program for the lab. will cover the following topics: * The Postgres DBMS * SQL language: schema definition, constraints, queries, and views. Basic and advanced instructions. Usage of the DBMS PostGres for realizing a database. * SQL programming techniques. Trigger and active databases. Embedded SQL. JDBC. |