LABORATORY FOR DATABASES
cod. 18530

Academic year 2010/11
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Informatica (INF/01)
Field
Formazione informatica
Type of training activity
Characterising
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
hub:
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: DATABASES - DATABASE LABORATORY

Learning objectives

Introduce the student to the use of a Data Base Management System.

Prerequisites

The course has to be taken jointly with 'Basi di Dati'.

Course unit content

The course will introduce the student to a specific Data Base Management System (PostgreSQL), which will be used to rediscuss, in a practical context, the topics presented from a more theoretical point of view in the course 'Basi di Dati'. Part of the course will be devoted to the design and implementation of a project (a relational data base) that will be the subject of the examination.

Full programme

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Bibliography

PostgreSQL 8.4.7 Documentation
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Copyright 1996-2009 The PostgreSQL Global Development Group

Teaching methods

Lab session, guided exercises, individual project.

Assessment methods and criteria

The exam is integrated with the exam of 'Basi di Dati'; it consists of the discussion of the course project.

Other information

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