Saint Louis University |
CS A 341
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Dept. of Mathematics and |
Date | Topic | Reading |
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Tues, Aug 26 | Introduction | Ch. 1 |
Thurs, Aug 28 | No Class: "Celebrate SLU" | |
Tues, Sep 2 | Database Design (ER data model) |
Ch. 2 |
Thurs, Sep 4 | ||
Tues, Sep 9 | More ER modeling | Exercise 2.5 |
Thurs, Sep 11 | "A Gentle Introduction to
SQL" basic queries, nested selects, aggregation |
sqlzoo.net Ch. 3.4, 5.1-5.5 |
Tues, Sep 16 | ||
Thurs, Sep 18 | Null Values Integrity Constraints Views Creating the Logical Model |
Ch. 5.6, 5.7 Ch. 3 |
Tues, Sep 23 | ||
Thurs, Sep 25 | ||
Tues, Sep 30 | Introduction to Oracle | |
Thurs, Oct 2 | First
Exam (does not include Sep. 30 material) |
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Tues, Oct 7 | Storing Data: Disks and Files | Ch. 8.1, Ch. 9 (omit 9.2) |
Thurs, Oct 9 | ||
Tues, Oct 14 | Introduction to Indexing Tree-Based Indices |
Ch. 8.2, 10.1-10.7 |
Thurs, Oct 16 | ||
Tues, Oct 21 | No Class: Fall Break | |
Thurs, Oct 23 | Hash-Based Indexing | Ch. 11 |
Tues, Oct 28 | Indices and Queries | Ch. 8.5 |
Thurs, Oct 30 | External Sorting | Ch. 13 |
Tues, Nov 4 | Implementing Relational Operators (Selection) |
Ch. 14.1-14.2 |
Thurs, Nov 6 | Second
Exam (does not include Nov. 4 material) |
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Tues, Nov 11 | Implementing Relational Operators (Projection, Join) |
Ch. 14.2-14.4 |
Thurs, Nov 13 | Overview of Query Evaluation | Ch. 12 |
Tues, Nov 18 | Oracle's Query Optimizer | |
Thurs, Nov 20 | ||
Tues, Nov 25 | Information Retrieval Text-Based Search Engines |
skim Ch. 27.1-27.4 |
Thurs, Nov 27 | No Class: Thanksgiving | |
Tues, Dec 2 | Transaction Management Concurrency Control |
Ch. 16, 17.1, 17.4 |
Thurs, Dec 4 | ||
Tues, Dec 16 | Final Exam (12:00-1:50pm) |