Course Objectives:
The course will enable the students to know about the fundamental concepts of database designing including the process of creating ER diagrams to normalization.
Course | Learning outcome (at course level) | Learning and teaching strategies | Assessment Strategies | |
Course Code | Course title | |||
24CCAI 401 |
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (Theory) | CO37. Analyse and evaluate advanced database and data mining concepts through theoretical and practical application. CO38. Create ER diagram and transform them into database using relational algebra. CO39. Apply relational database design principles to normalize and optimize database structures using My SQL CO40. Apply Structured Query Language (SQL) for database definition and database manipulation. CO41. Create database for any application using DDL, DML commands and constraints. CO42. Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction
| Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, PowerPoint Presentations, Informative videos
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentations.
| Assessment tasks will include Class Test on the topics, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Student presentations and assignments. |
Database definition, History of Database Systems, Database System Applications, Database Systems versus conventional File Systems, View of Data, Data Abstraction, Data Independence.
Introduction to Data Models (Network, Hierarchical, Relational), Database Languages, Database Users and Administrators, Database Design, Data Storage and Querying, Data Mining and Information Retrieval, Specialty Databases, History of Database Systems.
E-R diagram, Constraints, Keys (Candidate key, Alternate key, Primary Key, Foreign Keys), Weak Entity Sets.
Relational Algebra: Basics of relational algebra (Select, Project, Union, Set Difference, Cartesian-Product, Natural join)
Normalization, Functional Dependencies, Normalized forms [1NF, 2NF, 3NF].
Relational Database Management Systems: Brief history of MySQL, Key Features, MySQL server and Clients, MySQL and SQL, Classification of SQL statements, Some MySQL SQL elements (Literals, Data Types, Null values, comments), SQL command syntax.
Create, Open, Remove, Creating Tables: Create Command. Viewing structure of table using DESC command.
Changing data with DML commands: INSERT INTO command, inserting values through substitution, inserting NULL values, inserting dates, inserting data from other tables.
Selec Statement, using WHERE clause.
Operators: Relational operators, Logical operators. Condition based on a range, list, pattern match.
Searching and Sorting: Searching for NULL (IS NULL), Sorting results (ORDER BY Clause), Sorting by Column Alias. Grouping result – Group by command, Having Clause. Eliminating redundant data with Distinct keyword.
Types of MySQL Functions (String, Numeric, Date/Time).
Changing data with DML commands: Modifying data with update command, Deleting data with delete command. DDL commands: ALTER TABLE command, adding columns, modifying data- type and size of a column, DROP TABLE.
Managing Constraints: Creating constraints, Unique, Primary Key, Default, Check and Foreign Key, table constraints, dropping constraints, enabling and disabling constraints, deferring constraints checks.
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