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RDBMS Syllabus

This document outlines the syllabus for a Relational Database Management course. The course objectives are to provide a conceptual background for designing and developing simple database systems using the relational model. The syllabus covers basic database concepts, relational and entity-relationship models, database integrity, normalization, file organization, the SQL query language, transactions, concurrency control, database recovery, security, and distributed and client-server databases. Students will complete SQL queries in hands-on lab exercises.

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RDBMS Syllabus

This document outlines the syllabus for a Relational Database Management course. The course objectives are to provide a conceptual background for designing and developing simple database systems using the relational model. The syllabus covers basic database concepts, relational and entity-relationship models, database integrity, normalization, file organization, the SQL query language, transactions, concurrency control, database recovery, security, and distributed and client-server databases. Students will complete SQL queries in hands-on lab exercises.

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B.Com (Honours) (CBCS) Faculty of Commerce, O.

Paper : (BCH 202) : RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT


Paper: BCH205 Max. Marks: 35T + 15P
PPW: 6 (4T & 2P) Time: 3 Hrs.
Objective: to acquire basic conceptual background necessary to design and develop simple database
system, Relational database mode, ER model and distributed databases, and to write good queries using
a standard query language called SQL.
UNIT-I: BASIC CONCEPTS: Database Management System - File based system - Advantages of
DBMS over file based system - Database Approach - Logical DBMS Architecture - Three level
architecture of DBMS or logical DBMS architecture - Need for three level architecture - Physical DBMS
Architecture - Database Administrator (DBA) Functions & Role - Data files indices and Data Dictionary
- Types of Database. Relational and ER Models: Data Models - Relational Model – Domains - Tuple and
Relation - Super keys - Candidate keys - Primary keys and foreign key for the Relations - Relational
Constraints - Domain Constraint - Key Constraint - Integrity Constraint - Update Operations and Dealing
with Constraint Violations - Relational Operations - Entity Relationship (ER) Model – Entities –
Attributes – Relationships - More about Entities and Relationships - Defining Relationship for College
Database - E-R Diagram - Conversion of E-R Diagram to Relational Database.
UNIT-II: DATABASE INTEGRITY AND NORMALISATION: Relational Database Integrity - The
Keys - Referential Integrity - Entity Integrity - Redundancy and Associated Problems – Single Valued
Dependencies – Normalisation - Rules of Data Normalisation - The First Normal Form -The Second
Normal Form - The Third Normal Form - Boyce Codd Normal Form - Attribute Preservation - Lossless-
join Decomposition - Dependency Preservation. File Organisation : Physical Database Design Issues -
Storage of Database on Hard Disks - File Organisation and Its Types - Heap files (Unordered files) -
Sequential File Organisation - Indexed (Indexed Sequential) File Organisation - Hashed File Organisation
- Types of Indexes - Index and Tree Structure - Multi-key File Organisation - Need for Multiple Access
Paths - Multi-list File Organisation - Inverted File Organisation.
UNIT-III: STRUCTURES QUERY LANGUAGE (SQL): Meaning – SQL commands - Data
Definition Language - Data Manipulation Language - Data Control Language - Transaction Control
Language - Queries using Order by – Where - Group by - Nested Queries. Joins – Views – Sequences -
Indexes and Synonyms - Table Handling.
UNIT-IV : TRANSACTIONS AND CONCURRENCY MANAGEMENT: Transactions - Concurrent
Transactions - Locking Protocol - Serialisable Schedules - Locks Two Phase Locking (2PL) - Deadlock
and its Prevention - Optimistic Concurrency Control. Database Recovery and Security: Database
Recovery meaning - Kinds of failures - Failure controlling methods - Database errors - Backup &
Recovery Techniques - Security & Integrity - Database Security - Authorization.
UNIT-V: DISTRIBUTED AND CLIENT SERVER DATABASES: Need for Distributed Database
Systems - Structure of Distributed Database - Advantages and Disadvantages of DDBMS - Advantages of
Data Distribution - Disadvantages of Data Distribution - Data Replication - Data Fragmentation. Client
Server Databases: Emergence of Client Server Architecture - Need for Client Server Computing -
Structure of Client Server Systems & its advantages.
LAB: SQL QUERIES BASED ON VARIOUS COMMANDS.
SUGGESTED READINGS:
1. Database Systems: R.Elmasri & S.B. Navathe, Pearson.
2. Introduction to Database Management System: ISRD Group, McGraw Hill.
3. Database Management System: R.Ramakrishnan & J.Gehrke, McGraw Hill.
4. Modern Database Management: J.A.Hoffer,V.Rames &H.Topi, Pearson.
5. Database System Concepts: Silberschatz, Korth & Sudarshan, McGraw Hill.
6. Simplified Approach to DBMS: Parteek Bhaia, Kalyani Publishers.
7. Database Management System: Nirupma Pathak, Himalaya.
8. Database Management Systems: Pannerselvam, PHI.
9. Relational Database Management System: Srivastava & Srivastava, New Age
10. PHPMySQL Spoken Tutorials by IIT Bombay.
11. Oracle Database: A Beginner’s Guide: I.Abramson, McGraw Hill.

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