CSCE 520Final Exam Study Guide

Next Class

• Guest Lecture on Hadoop – Dr. John Rose• Interesting site:– Big Data Jobs Around The Nation (And What

They Pay)– http://www.fastcolabs.com/3008209/open-comp

any/big-data-jobs-around-nation-and-what-they-pay

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Lecture Notes

• Slides: Everything that is available on the class’ web site

• Study guide:– Test 1 materials– New topics: (lectures after 10/14)

• Triggers• Database transactions• Indexes• Data Integration• PL/SQL

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Text Book

• J. Ullman and J. Widom: A First Vourse in Database Systems– Chapters: 1, 2, 3 (except 3.4, 3.7), 4 (except 4.7,

4.8, 4.9, 4.10), 5 (except 5.3, 5.4), 6, 7, 8

• Oracle 10g. Programming: – Chapters: 1, 2, 3 (these chapters provide practical

support to the Ullman&Widom chapters)

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CSCE 520 Objectives• Describe the major components of a database management system and

state their functions and purpose.

• Develop a data model for a database application using an appropriate modeling tool such as ER diagrams.

• Use the concepts of data normalization to develop well-designed database applications.

• Implement a database application using an appropriate relational DBMS.

• Use SQL to access database information.

• Describe major operational issues associated with database applications, including transaction management, security, and integrity.

Homework 6 demo

• Scheduled for Dec. 2 and 4 during regular class time.

• You can sign up for 15 mins slots on the sheets being distributed.

• Students need to show up before their designated time to login to Oracle

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Questions?