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Files and databases [ LINGI1271 ]


5.0 crédits ECTS  30.0 h + 30.0 h   2q 

Teacher(s) Pirotte Alain ;
Language French
Place
of the course
Louvain-la-Neuve
Online resources

 http://foditic.org

Prerequisites
  • Algorithmic and datastructures (e.g. SINF1121)
  • Discrete mathematics (e.g. INGI1101)
Main themes
  • Introduction to the entity-relationship model
  • Relational model
  • Logic-based relational languages
  • Database application programming
  • Functions and architecture of database-management systems
  • Concurrent database accesses
Aims

Students completing successfully this course will be able to

  • list and describe the main functions of a database-management system
  • explain the concepts and techniques underlying those functions
  • represent in a database the information contents of an application domain
  • implement a simple application involving database management (data structuring, and programming database queries and modifications)

 

Evaluation methods
  • Written exam
  • Project
Teaching methods
  • lectures
  • project (design and implementation of a database)
Content
  • Introduction to the entity-relationship model,
  • Bases of the relational model: data structures and algebra,
  • Logic-based relational languages to define and manipulate data,
  • Critical study of the SQL language,
  •  Database application programming,
  •  Functions and architecture of database-management systems,
  •  Management of concurrent database accesses and associated techniques of recovery after failures.
Bibliography
  • T. Connolly and C. Begg, Database Systems: a Practical Approach to Design, Implementation, and Management, Addison-Wesley, 5th ed., 2010
  • C. J. Date, An Introduction to Database Systems,  Addison-Wesley, 8th ed., 2004
  • R. Elmasri and S. Navathe, Database Systems, Addison-Wesley, 6th ed., 2011.
  • H. García-Molina, J. Ullman and J.Widom, Database Systems: The Complete Book. 2nd ed., Prentice Hall, 2009.
  • J.-L. Hainaut, Bases de données - Concepts, utilisation, et développement, Dunod, 2009
  • R. Ramakrishnan and J. Gehrke, Database Management Systems, McGraw-Hill, 3rd ed., 2003.
Cycle et année
d'étude
> Master [120] in History
> Master [60] in History
> Master [120] in Linguistics
> Preparatory year for Master in Computer science
> Master [120] in Statistics: General
> Master [120] in Agricultural Bioengineering
> Master [120] in Chemistry and Bio-industries
> Master [120] in Environmental Bioengineering
> Master [120] in Forests and Natural Areas Engineering
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