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Database Management System
Course Title: Database Management System, Full Marks: 60 + 20 +20
Course No: CSC260 Pass Marks: 24+ 8 +8
Nature of the Course: Theory + Lab
Semester: IV
Course Description: The course covers the basic concepts of databases, database system
concepts and architecture, data modeling using ER diagram, relational model, SQL, relational
algebra and calculus, normalization, transaction processing, concurrency control, and database
recovery.
Course Objective: The main objective of this course is to introduce the basic concepts of
database, data modeling techniques using entity relationship diagram, relational algebra and
calculus, basic and advanced features SQL, normalization, transaction processing, concurrency
control, and recovery techniques,
Course Contents:
Unit 1: Database and Database Users (2 Hrs.)
Introduction; Characteristics of the Database Approach; Actors on the Scene; Workers behind
the Scene; Advantages of Using the DBMS Approach
Unit 2: Database System — Concepts and Architecture (3 Hrs.)
Data Models, Schemas, and Instances; Three-Schema Architecture and Data Independence:
Database Languages and Interfaces; the Database System Environment, Centralized and
Client/Server Architectures for DBMSs; Classification of Database Management Systems
Unit 3: Data Modeling Using the Entity-Relational Model (6 Hrs.)
Using High-Level Conceptual Data Models for Database Design; Entity Types, Entity Sets,
Attributes, and Keys; Relationship Types, Relationship Sets, Roles, and Structural Constraints
Weak Entity Types; ER Diagrams, Naming Conventions, and Design Issues: Relationship Types
of Degree Higher Than Two; Subclasses, Superclasses, and Inheritance; Specialization and
Generalization; Constraints and Characteristics of Specialization and Generalization
Unit 4: The Relational Data Model and Relational Database Constraints (3 Hrs.)
Relational Model Concepts; Relational Model Constraints and Relational Database Schemas;
Update Operations, Transactions, and Dealing with Constraint Violations
Unit 5: The Relational Algebra and Relational Calculus (5 Hrs.)
Unary Relational Operations: SELECT and PROJECT; Relational Algebra Operations from Set
‘Theory; Binary Relational Operations: JOIN and DIVISION; Additional Relational Operations;
the Tuple Relational Calculus: the Domain Relational Calculus
Unit 6: SQL (8 Hrs.)
Data Definition and Data Types; Specifying Constraints: Basic Retrieval Queries; Complex
Retrieval Queries; INSERT, DELETE, and UPDATE Statements;
45Unit 7: Relational Database Design (7 Hrs.)
Relational Database Design Using ER-to-Relational Mapping: Informal Design Guidelines for
Relational Schemas; Functional Dependencies; Normal Forms Based on Primary Keys; General
Definitions of Second and Third Normal Forms; Boyce-Codd Normal Form; Muttivalued
of
Dependeney and Fourth Normal Form: Properties of Relational Decomposition
Unit 8: Introduction to Transaction Processing Concepts and Theory (4 Hrs.)
Introduction to Transaction Processing; Transaction and System Concepts; Desirable Properties
of Transactions; Characterizing Schedules Based on Recoverability; Characterizing Schedules
Based on Serializability
Unit 9: Concurrency Control Techniques (4 Hrs.)
Two-Phase Locking Technique; Timestamp Ordering; Multiversion Concurrency Control;
‘Validation (Optimistic) Techniques and Snapshot Isolation Concurrency Control
Unit 10: Database Recovery Techniques (3 Hrs.)
Recovery Concepts; NO-UNDO/REDO Recovery Based on Deferred Update: Recovery
‘Technique Based on Immediate Update; Shadow Paging; Database Backup and Recovery from
Catastrophic Failures
Laboratory Works:
‘The laboratory work includes writing database programs to create and query databases using
basic and advanced features of structured query language (SQL).
Text Books:
1. Fundamentals of Database Systems; Seventh Edition; Ramez Elmasri, Shamkant B, Navathe;
Pearson Education
2. Database System Concepts; Sixth Edition; Avi Silberschatz, Henry F Korth, § Sudarshan:
McGraw-Hill
Reference Books:
1, Database Management Systems; Third Edition; Raghu Ramakrishnan, Johannes Gehrke;
McGraw-Hil
2. A First Course in Database
Pearson Education Limited
‘tems; Jaffrey D, Ullman, Jennifer Widom; Third Edition;
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