2nd Bachelor in Computing and Systems : Network and Telecommunications

Database‘s Structure

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ECTS Credits5,5
Number of Hours (h/year)60
Teaching staffHERBIET, Laurence
KUTY, Ludovic
THIRY, Christiane
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 1 and 2
CodeTECH-INS00017/2
Prerequisite

Mastership of structured programming

Knowledge of organizations et access methods of a file system

Aims and Objectives

To know the functions of database management system

To understand the internal working of database management system and these links with the operating system

To master a relational language such like SQL

To get a good knowledge of relational model

To be able to define a database from a logical model

To know and to understand the properties of transaction and the update conflicts

To master the data consistency problem

To handle embedded SQL, modular SQL, stored procedures and the exception mechanism

Description

Definition of database and database management system notions

« Database management system » versus « file system »

Data/Programme independence

Functions of a DBMS

Working of a DBMS

The relational model

DDL – DML – DCL

Integrity constraints

Transaction and coherent state. Conflicts management

Definition and practical interrogation of an SQL database and development of an application (3GL) accessing it.

Bibliography

Delmal (P.), SQL2-SQL3, Applications à Oracle, De Boeck Université, 2000.

Loney (K.) Et Koch (G.), Oracle8i La Référence, CampusPress, 2001.

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures
Laboratory work

Lectures and practical work

Assessment MethodsWritten examinations
Oral examinations
Projects or practical work
Continuous assessment
NotesYes
LanguageFrench

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